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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Fungus Gnats (Mycetophilidae) » Leiinae » Leia
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Gnat (?) in bathroom - Leia
Copyright © 2009 Peter Bryant

Gnat (?) in bathroom - Leia
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
January 23, 2009
Size: ~5mm bl

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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 23 January, 2009 - 11:02pm
Last updated 5 December, 2010 - 7:17pm

Moved
Moved from Sciophilinae.
… Keith Bayless, 5 December, 2010 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fungus Gnats.
… John F. Carr, 23 January, 2010 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Leia
This looks like it belongs in the genus Leia to me

Chris
… Chris Borkent, 27 June, 2009 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Maybe near
Mycetophilidae (Fungus Gnats)

Similar to this one, but I can't say more than that.
… John R. Maxwell, 23 January, 2009 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Mycetophilidae.
Definitely a fungus gnat. Long spurs on tip of each tibia leave no doubt (coupled with enlarged coxal segments).
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 January, 2009 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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