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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Acalyptratae » Tephritoidea » Cheese skippers and kin (Piophilidae) » Mycetaulus
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unknown fly - Mycetaulus
Copyright © 2007 Gary McDonald

unknown fly - Mycetaulus
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
September 21, 2007
Size: ~3mm
Saw this tiny guy on a Baccharis bush today, he was moving his wings alternately, sort of like he was "rowing", never saw him fly, he just walked up and down the branches and leaves of the bush. Can anyone assign him to genus and species?
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 21 September, 2007 - 7:37pm
Last updated 3 March, 2008 - 3:17pm

Moved
Moved from Cheese skippers and kin. It looked to me like Mycetaulus when I first saw it, but I couldn't key it out. Thank you Dr. Korneyev for the ID and Mr. McDonald for contributing the fly.
… Keith Bayless, 3 March, 2008 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Mycetaulus sp.
I am not an expert of the NA Piophilidae, but it looks like many other Mycetaulus spp. I collected mainly on old, autolyzed and stinky mushrooms...
… Valery A. Korneyev, 3 March, 2008 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Dr. Lorneyev
for assigning this specimen to a genus.
… Gary McDonald, 3 March, 2008 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

the venation
is wrong for ulidiidae; I'm more confident with Piophilidae.
… Keith Bayless, 31 October, 2007 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Picture-winged Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 31 October, 2007 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acalyptratae.
… Keith Bayless, 18 October, 2007 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 18 October, 2007 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

Looks and Behaves Similar to a Picture Wing Fly
Similar, but not the exactly the same as these -- see what you think.
http://http://bugguide.net/node/view/7593
http://http://bugguide.net/node/view/98072
… Su Rogers, 22 September, 2007 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

A bit of a puzzler.
Acts like and somewhat resembles a Boatman Fly (Pogonortalis doclea), but looks different enough to be something else.

Wing pattern, in particular, is different.
… Ron Hemberger, 22 September, 2007 - 12:51am login or register to post comments

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