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Guides

• Hydrophorus chrysologus

  Hydrophorus chrysologus is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae, subfamily Hydrophorinae. It belongs to a genus specialized for life on water surfaces, where adults skate across puddles, intermittent streams, and lake margins using surface tension. Like other dolichopodids, it is predatory on small insects and other arthropods. The species was described by Walker in 1849.

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