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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Nerioidea » Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae) » Taeniapterinae » Hoplocheiloma » Hoplocheiloma totliana
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Wierd fly - Hoplocheiloma totliana - female
Copyright © 2006 Charles Weber

Wierd fly - Hoplocheiloma totliana - Female
Plantation, Fort Lauderdale County, Florida, USA
January 8, 2006
Just wondering what kind of fly this could be, it looked like some kind of fruit fly at first, then I noticed its back end.... anyone sure about this one?
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Contributed by Charles Weber on 9 January, 2006 - 1:14pm
Last updated 15 June, 2009 - 5:07pm

Moved
Moved from Stilt-legged Flies.
… Joel Kits, 15 June, 2009 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

Micropezid
This is a fly in the Micropezidae. Florida is rich in these though there are a limited number of species in the US.

See key here off Micropezid page:
http://www.hr-rna.com/RNA/Main%20pages/Flies%20frame%20page.htm

This appears to be a female. Those wing markings are striking but this does not appear to be Taeniaptera.
… Herschel Raney, 9 January, 2006 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I was thinking that this was a female because it looked like she was laying eggs.


Charles
… Charles Weber, 9 January, 2006 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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