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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Fungus Gnats (Mycetophilidae) » Gnoristinae » Ectrepesthoneura » Ectrepesthoneura laffooni
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Mycetophilidae, lateral - Ectrepesthoneura laffooni - male
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Mycetophilidae, lateral - Ectrepesthoneura laffooni - Male
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 4, 2008
Size: 3- mm
Woodland Malaise Trap: 14-Jul-2008 to 4-Aug-2008

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 23 November, 2011 - 9:24am
Last updated 26 April, 2013 - 1:52pm

Moved
Moved from Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges.
… Bjoern Rulik, 23 November, 2011 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

 
You are amazing!
Thank you.
This wouldn't by chance be named after J.L. Laffoon, Iowa State University professor for many years?
… MJ Hatfield, 23 November, 2011 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably
I linked the paper with the species description from the genus page. The etymology of the name is not given explicitly, but a paratype was collected by him:

Iowa, 1 male, Ledges State Park, 31.v.1950 (J. Laffoon) (ISUM)
… John F. Carr, 23 November, 2011 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
He was before my time but his name is all over specimens in the collection.
… MJ Hatfield, 23 November, 2011 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

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