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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Skipper Flies (Piophilidae) » Waltzing Flies (Prochyliza) » Prochyliza xanthostoma
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Fly on carcass - Prochyliza xanthostoma - male
Copyright © 2016 Mark H Brown

Fly on carcass - Prochyliza xanthostoma - Male
Hottes Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa, USA
April 23, 2016
Several were found on a rotting raccoon carcass
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Contributed by Mark H Brown on 11 May, 2016 - 9:58pm
Last updated 10 June, 2017 - 12:06pm

Moved
Moved from Waltzing Flies.
… John F. Carr, 10 June, 2017 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Prochyliza xanthostoma.
… Mark H Brown, 12 May, 2016 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
Thanks, Bob!
… Mark H Brown, 12 May, 2016 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Caution
There are 5 species in the genus, so I may not have this 100% completely correct. In the future, you should leave the species-level placements to the experts. (unless you are capable of arguing about the ID characters with them)
… Bob Biagi, 12 May, 2016 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Good point
Will move to genus for now.
… Mark H Brown, 12 May, 2016 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Male - Cheese Skipper Fly
This looks like a male Waltzing Fly. (widespread north-eastern range) The blunt ended abdomen and long antennae = ♂
Prochyliza xanthostoma: ♂ Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 12 May, 2016 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

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