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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Micro Bee Flies (Mythicomyiidae) » Mythicomyia
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unknown tiny fly - Mythicomyia - male
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

unknown tiny fly - Mythicomyia - Male
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
August 7, 2008
Size: ~2-3mm.
Seen on in our garden on Argyranthemum frutescens. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 8 August, 2008 - 1:25pm
Last updated 11 August, 2008 - 8:26am

Mythicomyiid
The wing venation is a bit hard for me to make out due to the folded wings, but if I'm interpreting it correctly this is a mythicomyiid (formerly considered part of the Bombyliidae, but now often treated as a separate family). This is the first member of the family on Bugguide.
… Joel Kits, 8 August, 2008 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Joel
for the family ID. I'll keep an eye open for more of these, maybe I can get a better shot of the wing venation.
… Gary McDonald, 8 August, 2008 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Mythicomyia, male (CA)
Wing venation looks like Mythicomyia but I am unfamiliar with the genera described recently by Evenhuis. Note also holoptic eyes of male.
… Matthias Buck, 11 August, 2008 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Dr. Buck
for the genus ID.
… Gary McDonald, 11 August, 2008 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

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