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Dolichopodidae Level 1 Level 2

Dolichopodidae

 

Key Characters

Head capsule reduced to a pair of metacephalic rods. Ventral creeping welts present on abdominal segments; 4 smooth lobes on last abdominal segment, base of upper 2 with posterior spiracles.
Tolerance 4
Distribution CA, OR, WA, NV, AZ