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Long-legged fly

Tachytrechus angustipennis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally are small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic cast to their appearance, though there is considerable variation among the species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 1