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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Lauxanioidea » Lauxaniidae » Sapromyza » Sapromyza brachysoma
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Sapromyza brachysoma - female
Copyright © 2015 John R. Maxwell

Sapromyza brachysoma - Female
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
December 15, 2015
Size: Maybe around 4.5 mm?
Not sure where to look, but it does have a striped eye. Heleomyzidae?
Came to the light at night
Maybe a female, but I'm not sure enough to check the box
I can put it under a scope if that would help.

Edit: Sapromyza brachysoma ???

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 16 December, 2015 - 2:02am
Last updated 17 December, 2015 - 12:22am

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 16 December, 2015 - 2:42am login or register to post comments

 
Gender
Is there anything in the ventral shot that tells gender? I also have a lateral shot of that area with something extending if that helps.


Thanks!
… John R. Maxwell, 16 December, 2015 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

 
Probably female
I think this is what the male looks like:
… John F. Carr, 16 December, 2015 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
then maybe this is also female

and maybe this is one with the internals contracted (mine only showed it extended in 2 photots)
… John R. Maxwell, 17 December, 2015 - 12:11am login or register to post comments

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