Atrichops crassipes is a species of watersnipe fly in the family Athericidae. Description The thorax is shining black in male, more brownish with black stripes in female. The wing has vague clouds and a prominent stigma. The radial fork is elongateLength 6 mm Legs elongate and slender, hind tarsi a little in flated in both sexes.The abdomen is elongate-cylindrical, with yellow-brown and black bands, more yellowish towards base, especially in male. Legs elongate and slender, hind tarsi a little in flated in both sexes.Length 6 mm It resembles the fly Sylvicola or a small ichneumon, for which it could easily be mistaken. Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London. Image
Distribution Europe.
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