Dolichopus

Dolichopus
	Dolichopus urbanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Dolichopodinae
Tribe:	Dolichopodini
Genus:	Dolichopus; Latreille, 1796
Type species
	Musca ungulata; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Iphis Meigen, 1800; (suppressed name); Satyra Meigen, 1803; Ragheneura Rondani, 1856; Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857; Spathichira Bigot, 1888; Spatichira Bigot, 1888; Eudolichopus Frey, 1915; Leucodolichopus Frey, 1915; Melanodolichopus Frey, 1915; Hydroceleuthus Aldrich, 1921; (misspelling); Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933;

Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.

The name of the genus (δολιχός, long, and ποὺς, foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species.

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