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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Signal Flies (Platystomatidae) » Senopterina » Senopterina varia
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Pyrgotid Fly - Senopterina varia - female
Copyright © 2007 Scott Nelson

Pyrgotid Fly - Senopterina varia - Female
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
June 5, 2007
Size: 12 mm

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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 6 June, 2007 - 8:19am
Last updated 20 February, 2012 - 7:47pm

Moved
Moved from Senopterina.
… John F. Carr, 12 February, 2012 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Senopterina (Platystomatidae)
In Shewell's (1962) key it runs to S. caerulescens Lw., which is common from Texas rather than to S. varipes Coq., which is common in Florida. A month ago, I could compare it to the collection at the Smithsonian, but here at home, I do not have a good Platystomatidae collection.
… Valery A. Korneyev, 16 August, 2008 - 3:22am login or register to post comments

 
Different species group
Shewell only keyed the brevipes group. This has more extensive wing markings, and matches the description of the only North American species in Stone's 1965 catalog not in the brevipes group.
… John F. Carr, 13 February, 2012 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pyrgota.
… Scott Nelson, 6 June, 2007 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Spectacular fly
Appears to be wearing a gas mask.
… Herschel Raney, 6 June, 2007 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

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