Condylostylus comatus

Condylostylus comatus · Order: Diptera · Family: Dolichopodidae

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Condylostylus comatus
Photo: Bill Keim, CC BY

Condylostylus comatus lives mainly in the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Female C. comatus cannot be distinguished from other species by appearance.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

This species is primarily found in the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 35 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New York, Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Connecticut, North Carolina.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Condylostylus comatus photo 2
Photo: Cecil Smith, CC BY
Condylostylus comatus photo 3
Photo: Mark Apgar, CC BY
Condylostylus comatus photo 4
Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY
Condylostylus comatus photo 5
Photo: Benny Albro, CC BY

Same family (Dolichopodidae)

Long-legged flyLong-legged flyCondylostylus longicornisCondylostylus patibulatusCondylostylus patibulatusCondylostylus patibulatusSemaphore FlySemaphore FlyPoecilobothrus nobilitatus

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condylostylus_comatus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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