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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Grass Flies (Chloropinae) » Thaumatomyia
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Frit Fly 8803 - Thaumatomyia
Copyright © 2007 Steve Nanz

Frit Fly 8803 - Thaumatomyia
Queens, Queens County, New York, USA
June 9, 2007
A Frit Fly? Chlorops sp perhaps?
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 23 July, 2007 - 4:39am
Last updated 15 July, 2010 - 6:51am

Possibly bistriata
Possibly Thaumatomyia bistriata, a variety of glabra that appears in lists now as a full species.
… John F. Carr, 6 December, 2011 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chloropinae.
… Keith Bayless, 28 February, 2008 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frit Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 10 February, 2008 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
What characteristics allow this example to be identified to the genus?
… Steve Nanz, 4 March, 2008 - 3:48am login or register to post comments

 
the way to tell this
from other yellow and black striped chloropines is the two approximated scutellar setae (right next to one another in the middle of the posterior edge of the scutellum) and the shape of the stripe on the ocellar triangle. I only moved pictures to Thau*matomyia if I could see the scutellar setae.
… Keith Bayless, 4 March, 2008 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
Brave Call
Those setae are pretty fuzzy. I had to pull the original image file and, yes, they are clearly visible.
… Steve Nanz, 4 March, 2008 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Genus?
I had to key out some specimens last year, and the necessary characters are simply not visible in this image, or most other images, actually. Unless an authority visits Bugguide, most will stay at family level only.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 August, 2007 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

Definitely a frit fly
It's hard to get an ID to Chlorops, but maybe you'll catch a break.
… Ron Hemberger, 23 July, 2007 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

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