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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae
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Sphaerocerid
Copyright © 2012 Charley Eiseman

Sphaerocerid
Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
March 12, 2012

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 July, 2012 - 9:40am
Last updated 16 April, 2014 - 8:36pm

cf. Spelobia
Could be a Spelobia, but it isn't an easy call.
… Matthias Buck, 24 April, 2014 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lesser Dung Flies.
… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2014 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

Possibly Coproica
Possibly Coproica.
… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2014 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
What other details are needed
for sphaerocerids? I have some other shots of this one.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 April, 2014 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Top?
Coproica has typical wing veins for Limosininae (M and CuA1 ending far from wing margin) and many (10+) little hairs on the top surface of the scutellum. They are associated with dung. Species that like farm animals are more widespread than species that prefer wild animals.
… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2014 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
More photos
I just added a washed-out dorsal shot of the same individual. In a moment I'll upload some better shots that were taken at the same time, not necessarily the same individual. This was on dung in a forest; I don't remember now what kind of dung it was, but it's possible it was horse dung.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 April, 2014 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Coproica
This is not Coproica or Leptocera, and there are only a couple dozen genera left it could be.
… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2014 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
:)
Didn't think the scutellum matched your description.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 April, 2014 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 9 July, 2012 - 3:25am login or register to post comments

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