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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Shore Flies (Ephydridae) » Gymnomyzinae » Ochthera
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shore fly - Ochthera
Copyright © 2014 ophis

shore fly - Ochthera
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
September 13, 2014
Size: 5 mm inc. wings
Genus ID based on web photos. On pepperbush, W shore Houghton's Pond, Blue Hills Reservation

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Contributed by ophis on 30 November, 2014 - 12:44pm
Last updated 22 September, 2016 - 2:27pm

Moved
Moved from Parydra.
… John F. Carr, 22 September, 2016 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

Ochthera?
Ochthera?
… John F. Carr, 30 November, 2014 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
re: Ochthera?


Top image sold me on Parydra vs. Ochthera 'cos unlike latter, the pinch in the thorax comes at about third distance to scutellum rather than halfway, and terminates near midline in dimples rather than not.

But if you compare faces, maybe Ochthera is closer. Here is Parydra, Octhera, and my fly:





Of course I didn't get a clear shot of the forelegs
… ophis, 30 November, 2014 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

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