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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Oscinellinae » Lipara
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fly with hairy eyes - Lipara
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

fly with hairy eyes - Lipara
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 15, 2009
Size: 6.2mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 16 June, 2009 - 6:14pm
Last updated 22 May, 2012 - 7:27pm

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… Arturo Santos, 31 July, 2019 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lipara lucens.
… Keith Bayless, 22 May, 2012 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. I meant the MND (Manual of Nearctic Diptera) not BDWD in the post below this one.
… Keith Bayless, 16 June, 2009 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

I'm pretty sure this is
Chloropidae: Lipara lucens, a non-native Phragmites gall former from Europe. The BDWD (1) says it has only been found in CT but it it's easy to imagine that its range has expanded in the past 20 years. It is also one of the largest chloropids. Great find!

I'll move it there until someone shows that I'm wrong.
… Keith Bayless, 16 June, 2009 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
better as Lipara sp.
as there are additional introduced species
Terry Wheeler said:
"Hi Keith - the specimen you identified is a Lipara (well-played!) ... I can't say for sure whether it's Lipara lucens though. A few additional species have been introduced from Europe in recent years for biocontrol of Phragmites. I'd err on the side of caution and downgrade the identification to simply Lipara."
… Keith Bayless, 22 May, 2012 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
If it helps
I saved the specimen for Don Chandler at UNH, and maybe a positive id can be made by someone?
… tom murray, 24 May, 2012 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Keith
I thought it looked like a Frit Fly, but had never seen one this large or hairy. There were Phragmites nearby, and it was near the coast, so I guess it's been expanding it's range probably up and down the coast.
… tom murray, 16 June, 2009 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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