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Mycetophagid or Keroplatid? - Leia
Copyright © 2007 Joe, Entomologist (in training)

Mycetophagid or Keroplatid? - Leia
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
Size: 4 mm
the Paleartic Diptera Manual separates the families as follows:

Keroplatidae: CuA1 connected w/ stem of M1 & M2 distal to humeral crossvein

Mycetophilidae: CuA1 not connected as above

... thus this would be the latter

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Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 6 April, 2007 - 3:05am
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 3:07pm

Moved
Moved from Fungus Gnats.
… Beatriz Moisset, 9 June, 2008 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

There's a beet*le in your title
I noticed you IDed a beet*le as a fly too :-) Very similar names.
… Jim McClarin, 6 April, 2007 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
wow... better here than on a
wow... better here than on a systematics exam
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 7 April, 2007 - 12:58am login or register to post comments

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