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Small fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - female
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Small fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - Female
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 22, 2005
Size: 4mm
Contributed by tom murray on 23 August, 2005 - 10:40pm
Last updated 6 July, 2009 - 2:50pm

Moved
Moved from Lonchoptera.
… Keith Bayless, 6 July, 2009 - 2:50pm

Lonchoptera bifurcata (Fallén, 1810)
Det. John Klymko 2009. This is the most common species in the east, and is characterized by yellow post-ocellar bristles.
… Stephen Luk, 6 July, 2009 - 2:31pm

Moved
Moved from Pointed-winged Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 16 February, 2007 - 10:13am

Family Lonchopteridae
Hello Tom,
This is a fly that belongs in the family Lonchopteridae! A small primitive family with not so much genera. Maybe it belongs to the genus Lonchoptera, but I'm not sure of that!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 24 August, 2005 - 3:18am

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