Figuring out Condylostylus in Ontario
These shiny little green flies are super common and easy to see on sunny leaves. They're a chore to identify though...
Relevant project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/condylostylus-of-north-america
Similar genera: https://bugguide.net/node/view/12491
Key down to groups here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/42317
C. patibulatus easily identifiable by large size, patterned wings, all black legs. Common.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/478773
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14106503
caudatus group very common - small, short antennae, yellow on legs, unmarked wings
https://bugguide.net/node/view/479965
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21520002
Females not identifiable to species: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1775592/bgimage
Species in or near Ontario on BugGuide:
- calcaratus - https://bugguide.net/node/view/663189,
- caudatus - https://bugguide.net/node/view/481453, https://bugguide.net/node/view/1266165
- connectans? - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1148864/bgimage
- nigrofemoratus - https://bugguide.net/node/view/482799, https://bugguide.net/node/view/445919/bgimage
- flavipes - https://bugguide.net/node/view/585233/bgimage, https://bugguide.net/node/view/657692/bgimage
- inermis - https://bugguide.net/node/view/857632
sipho group large size, patterned wings, yellow legs?
https://bugguide.net/node/view/479158, https://bugguide.net/node/view/1706755/bgimage
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14103845
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14116677
- sipho - https://bugguide.net/node/view/478973, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9476574
- scaber - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19408451
- other species not in Ontario?
comatus group - small?, long antennae
https://bugguide.net/node/view/479967
- comatus - https://bugguide.net/node/view/476349, https://bugguide.net/node/view/1309290/bgimage, https://bugguide.net/node/view/1225887/bgimage
- other 2 species not in Ontario?
brimleyi, albicoxa, viridicoxa in Ohio on GBIF? https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/taxonomy?has_coordinate=true&has_geospatial_issue=false&taxon_key=1610262&geometry=POLYGON((-90.60724%2039.67862,-62.45028%2039.67862,-62.45028%2050.92862,-90.60724%2050.92862,-90.60724%2039.67862))
