Dolichopus
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Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of fly
Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...

 in family Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, make up a large family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera distributed worldwide. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species. They are generally small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic...

. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.

Classification

  • Subgenus Dolichopus Latreille
    Pierre André Latreille
    Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...

    , 1796
  • D. acuticornis Wiedemann
    Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
    Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...

    , 1817
  • D. agilis Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. andalusiacus Strobl, 1899
  • D. annulipes Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1838
  • D. arbustorum Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius was a German anatomist, physiologist and entomologist...

    , 1831
  • D. argyrotarsis Wahlberg
    Peter Fredrik Wahlberg
    Peter Fredrik Wahlberg was a Swedish entomologist and professor at the University College of Stockholm....

    , 1850
  • D. atratus Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. atripes Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. bonsdorffi Frey, 1915
  • D. brevipennis Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. caligatus Wahlberg
    Peter Fredrik Wahlberg
    Peter Fredrik Wahlberg was a Swedish entomologist and professor at the University College of Stockholm....

    , 1850
  • D. campestris Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. cilifemoratus Macquart
    Justin Pierre Marie Macquart
    Justin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...

    , 1827
  • D. claviger Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius was a German anatomist, physiologist and entomologist...

    , 1831
  • D. clavipes Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

    , 1832
  • D. discifer
    Dolichopus discifer
    Dolichopus is a European species of fly in family Dolichopodidae....

    Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius was a German anatomist, physiologist and entomologist...

    , 1831
  • D. festivus Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

    , 1832
  • D. griseipennis Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius was a German anatomist, physiologist and entomologist...

    , 1831
  • D. lantsovi Barkalov, Negrobov & Grichanov, 2009
  • D. laticola Verrall
    George Henry Verrall
    George Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...

    , 1904
  • D. latilimbatus Macquart
    Justin Pierre Marie Macquart
    Justin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...

    , 1827
  • D. latipennis (Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1823)
  • D. lepidus Staeger
    Rasmus Carl Staeger
    Rasmus Carl Staeger was a Danish entomologist.Staeger was born and died in Copenhagen, over the course of his life serving as a judge, financial advisor to the Danish government, and entomologist, focusing on Diptera...

    , 1842
  • D. linearis Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. lineatocornis Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1843
  • D. longicornis Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius was a German anatomist, physiologist and entomologist...

    , 1831
  • D. longitarsis Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius
    Hermann Friedrich Stannius was a German anatomist, physiologist and entomologist...

    , 1831
  • D. maculipennis Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1843
  • D. mediicornis Verrall
    George Henry Verrall
    George Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...

    , 1875
  • D. melanopus Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. migrans Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1843
  • D. nigripes Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1823
  • D. nitidus Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1823
  • D. notatus Staeger
    Rasmus Carl Staeger
    Rasmus Carl Staeger was a Danish entomologist.Staeger was born and died in Copenhagen, over the course of his life serving as a judge, financial advisor to the Danish government, and entomologist, focusing on Diptera...

    , 1842
  • D. nubilus Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. pennatus Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. phaeopus Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

     in Walker
    Francis Walker (entomologist)
    Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....

    , 1851
  • D. picipes Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. planitarsis Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1823
  • D. plumipes (Scopoli
    Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
    Giovanni Antonio Scopoli was an Italian physician and naturalist.-Biography:...

    , 1763)
  • D. plumitarsis Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1823
  • D. popularis Wiedemann
    Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
    Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...

    , 1817
  • D. rupestris Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

    , 1833
  • D. sabinus Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

     in Curtis
    John Curtis (entomologist)
    John Curtis was an English entomologist and illustrator.-Biography:Curtis was born in Norwich and learned his engraving skills in the workshop of his father, Charles Morgan Curtis...

    , 1837
  • D. signatus Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. signifer Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

     in Curtis
    John Curtis (entomologist)
    John Curtis was an English entomologist and illustrator.-Biography:Curtis was born in Norwich and learned his engraving skills in the workshop of his father, Charles Morgan Curtis...

    , 1837
  • D. simplex Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. strigipes Verrall
    George Henry Verrall
    George Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...

    , 1875
  • D. subpennatus d'Assis-Fonseca
    E. C. M. d'Assis-Fonseca
    Evelyn Cecil Muschamp d’Assis-Fonseca was a British dipterist. He was responsible for formally naming a number of fly species, including:* Dolichopus subpennatus* Fannia collini* Fannia pseudonorvegica* Fannia subatripes...

    , 1976
  • D. trivialis Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

    , 1832
  • D. tumicosta Barkalov, Negrobov & Grichanov, 2009
  • D. tundrensis Barkalov, Negrobov & Grichanov, 2009
  • D. ungulatus
    Dolichopus ungulatus
    Dolichopus ungulatus is a European species of fly in family Dolichopodidae....

    Linnaeus
    Carolus Linnaeus
    Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

     1758
    Systema Naturae
    The book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735...

     
  • D. urbanus
    Dolichopus urbanus
    Dolichopus urbanus is a European species of fly in family Dolichopodidae....

    Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. virgultorum Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

     in Walker
    Francis Walker (entomologist)
    Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....

    , 1851
  • D. vitripennis Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1824
  • D. wahlbergi Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1843
  • Subgenus Hygroceleuthus Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • D. latipennis Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1823
  • Subgenus Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1857
  • D. diadema Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday
    Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

    , 1832
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