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NEW GENUS - Pegomya - Pegomya
Copyright © 2007 Joe, Entomologist (in training)

NEW GENUS - Pegomya - Pegomya
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
April 29, 2007
Size: 7.5 mm
Only the second anthomyiid genus IDed... tsk tsk buguiders!... this is a rather large genus in the Neartic, with McAlpine's listing 119 spp. This specimen came to my UV last night.

keyed by the following:

1. A1 not abbreviated; Scutellum w/ ventral hairs {Anthomyiinae: Anthomyiini}
2. Middle of Proepisternum & Katepimeron w/o hairs
3. 3 postsutural DC bristles
4. lower calypter not extending beyond upper
5. Head/thorax/abdomen not whitish gray w/ 3 stripes
6. proboscis not very long/slender/tubular
7. Eyes bare
8. Head not noticably small
9. Arsiat bare
10. Metatibia w/ 2 posterodorsal preapical bristles
11. Mesotibia w/o a preapical anteroventral bristle
12. C vein ventrally with setulae near c cell; cruciate interfrontal bristles lacking.

... nothing beats a beautiful spring day and a fly to key. Cheers.

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Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 29 April, 2007 - 4:55pm
Last updated 23 April, 2009 - 5:06pm

Moved
Moved from Root-Maggot Flies.
Added a new Genus page and placed your excellent series of images there under Identification.
Hey Joe, think about becoming an editor!
… Tony-2, 29 April, 2007 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
How does one become an editor
How does one become an editor?
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 29 April, 2007 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
E-mail VanDyk
and tell him how smart you are and that you want to be an editor.

jvandyk@iastate.edu
… Tony-2, 29 April, 2007 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I may have to quote you on th
I may have to quote you on that. :)
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