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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Picture-winged Flies (Ulidiidae) » Otitinae » Cephaliini » Myiomyrmica » Myiomyrmica fenestrata
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Fly with tiny little wings - Myiomyrmica fenestrata - female
Copyright © 2011 Harlan Ratcliff

Fly with tiny little wings - Myiomyrmica fenestrata - Female
Doolittle Prairie, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 28, 2011
Size: 6 mm
gathering_2011
The wings of this fly seem to be too small to get it airborne. I tried to encourage it to fly--it did not, but instead walked on to my hand. Is it flightless? I am not sure.
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Contributed by Harlan Ratcliff on 29 July, 2011 - 10:21pm
Last updated 3 August, 2011 - 12:52pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Harlan Ratcliff, 31 July, 2011 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

sweet!
My impression is Myiomyrmica fenestrata. But don't count that as an ID. I am not sure if there are species with which it may be confused. Should be relatively easily keyed using MND, if it was collected.

Nice find and great pic!
… Jeff Gruber, 30 July, 2011 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Fly with small wings
I did not collect a specimen but Andrew Meads did. We were all part of the Bugguide 2011 gathering. (It was a lot of fun)
Pardon my ignorance, but what is MND?
I did move the image to the Myiomyrmica fenestrata page, understanding that the ID is tentative. I looked at my images, and I think this is female and I have a male image as well which I will post soon.
Thanks for the comment. I will contact Andrew and see if he kept the specimen.
… Harlan Ratcliff, 31 July, 2011 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep
It's right here in front of me. Anything in particular to do with the specimen?
… Andrew Meeds, 31 July, 2011 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
MND
Sorry. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Looking forward to the additional image(s).
… Jeff Gruber, 31 July, 2011 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

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