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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Metopininae » Xanionotum
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ant inquiline - Xanionotum - female
Copyright © 2013 Diane Young

ant inquiline - Xanionotum - Female
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, USA
October 26, 2013
Size: 1.1 mm
Dorsal view of bizarre creature. Notice the reduced pair of wings. How in the world might this one make a living!

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Contributed by Diane Young on 26 October, 2013 - 1:05pm
Last updated 27 October, 2013 - 8:01am

This Xanionotum
This is a very odd Xanionoum. I don't think that I have ever seen one with such sparse abdominal setae.
… Brian V. Brown, 25 December, 2021 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
This specimen is in the ...
insect collection at Texas A&M.
… Diane Young, 25 December, 2021 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… John F. Carr, 27 October, 2013 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

Antish Phorid
possibly Xanionotum (looks like a lot of setae are worn off), hopefully Brian Brown will recognize; were the ants Neivamyrmex?
… Brad Barnd, 26 October, 2013 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
This is a winged form that was in the nest (queen?)
. I need to post some other casts for ID of the ant species.
… Diane Young, 26 October, 2013 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 26 October, 2013 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Phoridae?
Not the same as this, but vaguely similar:
… Charley Eiseman, 26 October, 2013 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

 
id
This is a female Puliciphora
… Brian V. Brown, 25 December, 2021 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

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