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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Acalyptratae » Lauxanioidea » Lauxaniidae » Homoneura » Subgenus Homoneura (Homoneura Subgenus Homoneura) » incerta group (Homoneura incerta group) » Homoneura incerta
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Golden fly - Homoneura incerta
Copyright © 2004 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Golden fly - Homoneura incerta
Eastern, Oklahoma, USA
November 25, 2004
Size about 5mm.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 26 November, 2004 - 9:47pm
Last updated 8 March, 2006 - 1:25pm

Homoneura incerta
Again, this is Homoneura incerta (Malloch). Same wing characters as the other photo. This specimen is darker, as it is probably older (they tend to darken with age). Who would have thought two specimens of the same species of Homoneura! In any case, this is a rather common species in the east, although I don't think it is recorded from Oklahoma.
… Steve Gaimari, 15 February, 2006 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

marsh fly?
Maybe Tetanocera or some other genus of Sciomyzidae? There's photos of a similar-looking, tentatively IDed species
here - T. elata doesn't occur in North America but the genus is well represented here.
… Robin McLeod, 27 November, 2004 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

 
No Tetanocera
This is also a lauxaniid fly, similar to Lyciella decipiens from Europe. Most Tetanocera's (on av.) are larger than 5 mm.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 27 November, 2004 - 5:35am login or register to post comments

 
Lauxaniid fly
Thanks again Paul. I may have to create a table of contents on my site just for flies as I now have photos of about 40 species.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 27 November, 2004 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Lauxaniid fly
Thanks for the correction, Paul. Now I suspect misidentifying another fly whose pattern is similar to Charles'; will post it soon.
… Robin McLeod, 27 November, 2004 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

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