Dolichopus ungulatus

Dolichopus ungulatus

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Description

A typical and very common Dolichopid with a metallic green abdomen. See the ID checklist below for the key characteristics.

Identification difficulty
ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)
  • 5.5-7mm
  • Lower post-ocular bristles black
  • Legs mostly yellow with darker tarsi
  • Tips of hind tibia dark
  • Row of 2-5 anterior bristles on the mid and hind femora
  • Middle metatarsus with single dorsal bristle
Habitat

Damp habitats, wet grassland, woodland edge, scrub and hedgerows.

When to see it

May to July.

UK Status

Widespread in England and Wales.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

  • David Nicholls
    Loughborough Big Meadow NR
    29 June 2024
  • David Nicholls
    North Kilworth, Millennium Green Bogs
    14 June 2025
  • David Nicholls
    North Kilworth, Millennium Green
    17 June 2023
    female
  • David Nicholls
    North Kilworth, Millennium Green
    17 June 2023
    male
  • David Nicholls
    Grace Dieu
    07 June 2024
    2-5 ventral setae on hind femora
  • David Nicholls
    Groby, Ratby Road verge
    21 May 2022

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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