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Diptera unidentified - Rainieria antennaepes

Carrollton - Elm Fork Preserve, Denton County, Texas, USA
May 7, 2006

Interesting fly - please help me identify it.

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Diptera unidentified - Rainieria antennaepes

Diptera unidentified - Rainieria antennaepes

Contributed by Royce Milam on 9 April, 2007 - 5:53pm
Last updated 15 June, 2009 - 5:12pm

Moved

Moved from Stilt-legged Flies.

… Joel Kits, 15 June, 2009 - 5:13pm

A stilt-legged fly

Micropezidae. Could you crop it a bit more so a species ID is more likely? Thanks and welcome to bugguide!

… Graham Montgomery, 9 April, 2007 - 6:07pm

Check out Rainieria antennaepes

Images in the guide here

… john and jane balaban, 9 April, 2007 - 7:46pm

Micropezidae

Thank you, Graham. It is a big help - flies are tough to ID.

… Royce Milam, 9 April, 2007 - 6:20pm

I did a search for images wit

I did a search for images within that family. This is an unbelievably sharp photo of what appears to be the same or very similar species http://myrmecos.net/insects/Micropezid1.html

… Royce Milam, 9 April, 2007 - 6:49pm

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