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Phoridae? - Aenigmatias eurynotus - male
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Phoridae? - Aenigmatias eurynotus - Male
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 25, 2008
Size: about 2.5mm
Contributed by tom murray on 28 July, 2008 - 8:01pm
Last updated 26 October, 2009 - 8:45pm

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Brian, thank you for sharing your expertise with us here at bugguide. It's great to get more of these flies identified to species.
… tom murray, 19 August, 2009 - 5:16pm

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Moved from Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 29 July, 2008 - 8:47am

Aenigmatias, male (MA)
Wow, this slick fly is a species of Aenigmatias, which parasitize pupae of ants (especially Formica). This is a male (females are wingless). First live shot of this genus on Bugguide. Nice find!!!
… Matthias Buck, 29 July, 2008 - 8:46am

 
Quite a difference between sexes
They look totally different! I'm still looking for flies, but it's hard to find ones that I don't think I recognize.
Thanks for the help again Matthias.
… tom murray, 29 July, 2008 - 5:18pm

 
identification
with the shiny scutellum, this looks like Aenigmatias eurynotus to me.
… Brian V. Brown, 19 August, 2009 - 5:13pm

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