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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Hybotid Dance Flies (Hybotidae) » Tachydromiinae » Tachydromiini » Platypalpus
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hybotid dance fly - Platypalpus - female
Copyright © 2016 Bill Keim

hybotid dance fly - Platypalpus - Female
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 18, 2015
Size: 4.2 mm wing length
Found on car.
Maybe Platypalpus?

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hybotid dance fly - Platypalpus - female hybotid dance fly - Platypalpus - female hybotid dance fly - Platypalpus - female
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Contributed by Bill Keim on 23 March, 2016 - 8:42pm
Last updated 24 March, 2016 - 2:28am

yes, a female
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 23 March, 2016 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Platypalpus
you were right either way since Platypalpus is a member of the Hybotidae
nice photos, fingers crossed that someone can get this one closer to a species ID

… Steve Scholnick, 23 March, 2016 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

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