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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Flat-footed Flies (Platypezidae) » Melanderomyia
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Flat-footed Flies on Stinkhorn Mushroom - Melanderomyia - male
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Flat-footed Flies on Stinkhorn Mushroom - Melanderomyia - Male
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 21, 2004
These, and similar flies, were the most abundant on the mushroom.Jeff Skovington believes these to be Melanderomyia--see comments under other images. The two prominent flies in this image are males, with their large two-toned eyes.

Whole mushroom, with its fly associates:

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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 November, 2004 - 11:06pm
Last updated 24 September, 2008 - 9:24am

Flat-footed flies
Definitely flat-footed flies (family Platypezidae).

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 16 November, 2004 - 2:43am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, tarsi?
Thanks. So not all of this family have the dilated hind tarsi? I see this on one illustration, but, of course, there are many genera.

Thanks again for your help.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 16 November, 2004 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
Flat-footed males
Especially well-visible in males but as you said, not always present within the family.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 16 November, 2004 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

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