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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Dark-winged Fungus Gnats (Sciaridae)
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unknown dipteran - female
Copyright © 2016 gmcnett

unknown dipteran - Female
Columbia, MO, Boone County, Missouri, USA
April 11, 2016
Size: 5 mm (body length)
Collected as numerous small white larvae within a large fallen log December 2015. Reared and eclosed 11 Apr 2016.

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Contributed by gmcnett on 12 April, 2016 - 3:16pm
Last updated 12 April, 2016 - 4:17pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

They were feeding on fungus.
… John F. Carr, 12 April, 2016 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks. Any ideas on genus or species? I can only see family-level ID.
… gmcnett, 12 April, 2016 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
No idea
For practical purposes, American Sciaridae are unidentifiable. There are a few distinctive species and a few people who can identify a male specimen under a microscope. I can not.
… John F. Carr, 12 April, 2016 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
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I understand, makes sense. Thanks for your help.
… gmcnett, 13 April, 2016 - 6:01am login or register to post comments

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