Amblypsilopus scintillans

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Amblypsilopus scintillans
Male Amblypsilopus scintillans.jpg
Male specimen (Monroe County, PA, USA)
Female Amblypsilopus scintillans.jpg
Female specimen (Ontario, Canada)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Genus: Amblypsilopus
Species:
A. scintillans
Binomial name
Amblypsilopus scintillans
(Loew, 1861) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Psilopus scintillansLoew, 1861
  • Psilopus angustatus Enderlein, 1912
  • Sciapus fulgidus Parent, 1929
  • Sciapus dubiosusVan Duzee, 1932

Amblypsilopus scintillans is a species of long-legged fly in the Amblypsilopus genus. [3]

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Description

The second and third coxae are black in males, while females have yellow or lighter colored ones. Mostly yellow legs are present in both genders. In males, the second tibia is without bristles. The wing costa is normal, and the body shines, distinguishing it from both A. costalis and A. pollinosus . [4]

Range

It resides in eastern North America. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Amblypsilopus scintillans (Loew, 1861)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott Edward; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 283. American Museum of Natural History: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/451. S2CID   84167833.
  3. ↑ "Amblypsilopus scintillans". iNaturalist. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 Carr, John F. (2010). "Species Amblypsilopus scintillans". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2025-07-31.


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