Maryland Biodiversity Project - Yellow-legged Pixie (Leptogaster flavipes)

Yellow-legged Pixie Leptogaster flavipes Loew, 1862

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Diptera > Family Asilidae > Genus Leptogaster Yellow-legged Pixie - Leptogaster flavipes - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/2558

Status:

This species and other Leptogaster are small, slender robber flies with long abdomens and long legs. The details of coloration of the legs are often important for specific identification. Leptogaster flavipes, as its name might suggest, has mostly yellowish legs, without the strong banding of several congeners (Norm Lavers' robber fly site).

Records:

There are 9 records in the project database.

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A Yellow-legged Pixie in Howard Co., Maryland (5/31/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 849730 - Psn: 32)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Howard Co., Maryland (5/31/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bugologist2 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/21/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 849723 - Psn: 45)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/21/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Carroll Co., Maryland (6/20/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 849742 - Psn: 45)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Carroll Co., Maryland (6/20/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/21/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Howard Co., Maryland (5/31/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bugologist2 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Carroll Co., Maryland (6/20/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

A pair of Yellow-legged Pixies in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/4/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 849763 - Psn: 112)

A pair of Yellow-legged Pixies in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/4/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Howard Co., Maryland (12/10/2022). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 849735 - Psn: 168)

A Yellow-legged Pixie in Howard Co., Maryland (12/10/2022). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bugologist2 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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