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Diptera unidentified - Rainieria antennaepes

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

Moved
Moved from Stilt-legged Flies.

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

 
Check out Rainieria antennaepes
Images in the guide here

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

 
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