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Photo#1269698
Small, black fly - male

Small, black fly - Male
North Crestone Creek, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
July 29, 2016
Size: 6.7 mm
There were a lot of these in the area.
11,500' elevation

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Modified legs
The modified legs might make it one of the high elevation Thricops.

 
cf. septentrionalis
Maybe Thricops septentrionalis, following the lead of the paper that lumped it with spiniger on the basis of DNA barcoding.

 
Thanks! I forgot to mention t
Thanks! I forgot to mention the elevation.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

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