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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Phthiriinae » Phthiriini » Acreophthiria
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very small fly ? - Acreophthiria
Copyright © 2005 David A Burke

very small fly ? - Acreophthiria
7000 ft elevation, Park County, Wyoming, USA
July 8, 2004
Size: 1/4 inch
very small -- on a daisy
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Contributed by David A Burke on 5 January, 2005 - 7:22pm
Last updated 1 November, 2014 - 12:20am

Moved
Moved from Phthiriinae.
… John S. Ascher, 1 November, 2014 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 10 February, 2008 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

Yikes!
This looks like it might be worse than a mosquito! I'll try to remember to look this up when I have more time if someone doesn't beat me to it. With the wings so clearly shown we may have enough to figure out a family.
… Troy Bartlett, 5 January, 2005 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't worry
This bugger won't bite. It is a bee fly, and reminds me of Phthiria. We had one of those before (see http://bugguide.net/node/view/8722) but this would then definitely be another species. The wing venation is very similar, but the wings in this specimen are sompletely clear.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 6 January, 2005 - 2:23am login or register to post comments

 
Narrowing the field a bit more
Poecilognathus looks like the appropriate genus, based strictly on images here.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 September, 2007 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

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