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woodpecker fly - Medetera - male

woodpecker fly - Medetera - Male
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
June 10, 2016
Size: 2.4 mm
With bent-under abdominal tip. Larger image. Genus with 46 North American sp. Species associated with the eastern deciduous forests and bounded by the Great Plains include M. nova, M. vittata, M. isobellae, M. potomac, M. aberrans, and M. modesta. (Bickel, A Revision of the Nearctic Medetera (Díptera: Dolichopodidae), 1985)

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