Possible Anthomyzidae - Stenomicra angustata

Stenomicra angustata Coquillett, male

Moved from Stenomicra. Very tentatively ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks John.

Such a tiny fly! About 1.4 mm from head to tip of wing. This is probably S. angustata as it is the only described species of Stenomicra in our area.

… Brad Barnd, 20 August, 2017 - 10:08pm

What resource did you use to identify the species?

There are undescribed species of Stenomicra

… Keith Bayless, 21 August, 2017 - 9:42am

It's very tentative

considering it seems they haven't been worked on much. However, it matches fairly well to the original description by Coquillett. There is also a paper by Freitas & Ale-Rocha 2011 here that has a key to the described Neotropical species, including angustata, and the wing characters seem to be consistent with what is described in the key.

In any case though, until a thorough examination of American Stenomicra is undertaken, species names are definitely problematic. Our one Nearctic species could be several species.

… Brad Barnd, 21 August, 2017 - 6:36pm

Another periscelidid

I also uploaded a Cyamops

, which I've been unable to ID to species. It came to lights.

… John Schneider, 24 June, 2020 - 3:29pm

Keith and Brad

I've recently added photos of four other individuals. Some have different abdominal markings.

… John Schneider, 24 June, 2020 - 2:28pm

Stenomicra

Moved from Flies. Where did you find it? At a light? Nice fly! I would like a shot of the base of the wing too.

… Keith Bayless, 9 August, 2017 - 6:40pm

Stenomicra

Thanks for the ID and the comment! I was sweeping through mixed, low, very dense vegetation along a bayou.

I don't think I can get a photo of the wing base, unfortunately. The specimen is already in alcohol; I removed it briefly, but nearly lost/damaged it, so I put it back in the vial.

… John Schneider, 9 August, 2017 - 7:31pm