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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Oscinellinae
Photo#113419
Small Fly
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Small Fly
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 28, 2007
Size: 1.5mm
I accidentally collected this when putting an orb weaver with a dead ant in a vial.
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Contributed by tom murray on 28 May, 2007 - 7:29pm
Last updated 10 February, 2008 - 9:34pm

Moved
Moved from Frit Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 10 February, 2008 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acalyptratae. One can tell it is a chloropid by the lack of an anal cell and the enlarged, shining ocellar triangle.
… Keith Bayless, 23 August, 2007 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… tom murray, 29 May, 2007 - 7:04am login or register to post comments

NOT a phorid
this fly has r-m crossveins, no phorids do. This is an acalyptrate fly, probably chloropidae, but I'm not certain about the family because i can't see some characters at this angle. Hopefully Matthias Buck will give this a look.
… Keith Bayless, 28 May, 2007 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

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