Stilt Legged Fly - Hoplocheiloma totliana

Moved

… John S. Ascher, 27 January, 2015 - 7:13am

Moved

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 30 December, 2014 - 1:55pm

Since John Carr does a lot of the work

on flies, we'll let him tell you where he would like things placed. In general on other images, we would suggest placing them as deep in the guide as you are comfortable. Our own preference is Order or Family or Genus or Species rather than on the myriad other categories and subcategories that can occur. But it is your choice. And you're right, we will all sometimes make mistakes even when we are sure of our IDs. Luckily all images on BugGuide can be moved so don't let a single mistake make you hold back on all your IDs.

… john and jane balaban, 30 December, 2014 - 9:06am

Moved

Moved from Grallipeza nebulosa.

… john and jane balaban, 29 December, 2014 - 10:00pm

Hoplocheiloma fabricii

Yes, I have to agree.
Who would think that two critters that are so similar wouldn't be in the same genus? But there it is.
The only thing that made me wonder about the Grallipeza nebulosa ID was the black pattern on the wings, but the Hoplocheiloma fabricii wing pattern matches perfectly, so I'd agree with your suggestion regarding a Hoplocheiloma fabricii ID. Amazingly, the rest of the fly was very similar so I stopped searching at Grallipeza nebulosa. Lesson learned.

For future reference, should I continue to place my bugs in the guide with my best/educated guess on ID, (counting on folks like yourselves to pull it back if I'm off base), or should I put everything in "ID Request" or Family level even if I think I've got it down to the species? It would seem the former is the better option in that the "experts" on the species would see it right off and take corrective action (assuming that they're paying attention), but you likely know more about the BugGuide confirmation/proofing process than I, so I will defer to your judgement.

… Kurt Hasselman, 30 December, 2014 - 8:28am

This looks more like

to us
We'll move this to ID Request to see what others think

… john and jane balaban, 29 December, 2014 - 9:57pm

Taeniapterinae

Taeniapterinae (fan of bristles on katepisternum, above mid leg), I don't know which species.

… John F. Carr, 30 December, 2014 - 7:08am