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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Pointed-winged Flies (Lonchopteridae) » Lonchoptera
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Tiny Fly - Lonchoptera - female
Copyright © 2011 Jim Moore

Tiny Fly - Lonchoptera - Female
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
June 9, 2011
Size: Body length 3mm
Just another image with a nicer view of the wing.

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Tiny Fly - Lonchoptera - female Tiny Fly - Lonchoptera - female Tiny Fly - Lonchoptera - female
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Contributed by Jim Moore on 21 November, 2011 - 3:34pm
Last updated 23 November, 2011 - 12:29am

Female
Those two veins curving to meet near the bottom of the wing make it a female. In males of the genus they continue independently to the wing margin.
… John F. Carr, 22 November, 2011 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting!
I will keep a look out for a male now that I know how to tell the difference.
… Jim Moore, 24 November, 2011 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

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