Chamaemyia flavipalpis is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf and North Africa.
O. flavipalpis is a heavily dusted silver grey fly with a body length of 2.2 to 3.4 mm. Its head is not longer than high and equipped with orbital and ocular setae. The frons is uniformly grey. The antennae are almost entirely yellow. The colour of the palps is yellow. The mesothoracic chaetotaxy includes three pairs of macrochaetae. The subcosta of the wing is complete. The abdomen has tergites without black bands, but in females they have the third to fifth tergites with four dark spots each. The male reproductive organs are characterized by a wide and slightly posteriorly elongated base of the phallus..V.N. Tanasiichuk: Family Chamaemyiidae). W: Keys to The Insects of The European Part of The USSR vol. V Diptera and Siphonaptera part II. G.J. Bei-Bienko, George C. Steyskal (red.). Leiden, New York, København, Koln: E.J. Brill, 1989.
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