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snipe fly
Copyright © 1998 Ethan Friedman

snipe fly
Swarthmore College, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 23, 1998
Size: 13.5mm
A somewhat worn rhagionid, I believe.

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Contributed by Ethan Friedman on 18 February, 2007 - 8:21pm
Last updated 19 February, 2007 - 3:39pm

Pyrgotidae
and not the most common species, Pyrgota undata, either. Lucky you.
… Keith Bayless, 18 February, 2007 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Pyrgotid, but
I dont think it is P. undata. P. undata has wings that are a more solid coloring and not the mottled here, and Pyrgota also usually has a stump vein on R2+3 at about the same level as the crossvein dm-cu. McAlpine keys this out to either Sphecomyiella or Boreothrinax. It looks like it has ocellar setae, which would make it S. valida, but it doesnt look like that species in the guide. I will try to dig a little more through some specimens.
… cgibbs, 20 February, 2007 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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