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Fly - Platystoma seminationis

Fly - Platystoma seminationis
Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve, Lake County, Illinois, USA
May 18, 2007
Size: ~8mm

Moved
Moved from Platystoma.

Great find, it is a newly int
Great find, it is a newly introduced European species! It was published in 2006 after it was first collected in 2003 in Illinois around Chicago. Great pic by the way...
Martin

 
Thanks Martin!
Thanks Martin!

Fruit fly?
I'm thinking Eutreta, but the wings are somewhat different. Examples:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/97250/bgimage

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