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Have I Got the Family Right? - Ischnomyia albicosta
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Cresswell

Have I Got the Family Right? - Ischnomyia albicosta
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
September 22, 2006
Size: 4.25 mm
Have I got the family right?

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Have I Got the Family Right? - Ischnomyia albicosta Have I Got the Family Right? - Ischnomyia albicosta
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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 24 September, 2006 - 10:19am
Last updated 27 December, 2006 - 6:53am

Moved
Moved from Anthomyzidae.
… Chuck Entz, 27 December, 2006 - 6:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stilt-legged Flies.
… Stephen Cresswell, 26 September, 2006 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

not a micropezid
I'm not sure what family it is, maybe psilidae, but i'm fairly sure it's not a micropezid. Sorry that's not very helpful.
… Keith Bayless, 24 September, 2006 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Keith, you were right, not Micropezidae.

And thanks to Dr. Jindrich Rohacek, who reviewed the two photos and had this comment: "These images belong to a species of the Nearctic anthomyzid genus Ischnomyia Loew, 1863, viz to Ischnomyia albicosta (Walker, 1849). The other nearctic species, I. spinosa Hendel, 1911, has shorter and differently coloured head and completely dark notum (without paler stripes)."

This fly will join Tom's lonely photo of an Anthomyzid fly.
… Stephen Cresswell, 26 September, 2006 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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