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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Psychodomorpha » Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Psychodidae) » Moth Flies (Psychodinae) » Psychodini » Psychoda
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Drain Fly - Psychoda
Copyright © 2010 Robert Lord Zimlich

Drain Fly - Psychoda
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 24, 2010
This is the largest drain fly I've seen. I shot hand-held, against the light, thinking it was just another Sarcophaga because of its size. Ideas?
UPDATED: cropped from original RAW file to include all of antennae

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 25 March, 2010 - 7:06am
Last updated 6 March, 2013 - 7:27pm

Moved
Moved from Moth Flies.
… David J. Ferguson, 6 March, 2013 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moth Flies and Sand Flies.

Can you show the tip of the left antenna? Whether the last segments are shorter than the previous is used in ID. Right antenna is slightly curved away while left is straighter but cut off.

Also, branching of R vein and shape of wingtip are used in key and a shot perpendicular to the wing surface might make that clearer.
… John F. Carr, 26 March, 2010 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

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