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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Poecilosomella » Poecilosomella angulata
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Spotted Fly - Poecilosomella angulata
Copyright © 2013 Robert Lord Zimlich

Spotted Fly - Poecilosomella angulata
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 4, 2013
Size: BL~2-3mm

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 5 June, 2013 - 3:29am
Last updated 5 June, 2013 - 1:57pm

Did you sleep through etymology class?
You have a fly with a small, multicolored body. If you had translated "small, multicolored body" you would have come up with the genus name, Poecilosomella. The angular bend in r2+3 near the tip would have provided the species name, but there is only one species in America.
… John F. Carr, 5 June, 2013 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 5 June, 2013 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved for Specialist Review
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 June, 2013 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

Spotted Fly
Shot Same
… Ron Hemberger, 5 June, 2013 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
Where?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 June, 2013 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Too obscure, I guess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sighted_sub,_sank_same
… Ron Hemberger, 5 June, 2013 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
You came in from left field ...
and caught me off guard and sank me. Good one!
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 June, 2013 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Some sort of spotted fly
This is some sort of fly with spots.
… John F. Carr, 5 June, 2013 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

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