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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Wedge-shaped Beetles (Ripiphoridae) » Ripiphorinae » Ripiphorus » fasciatus group (Ripiphorus fasciatus group)
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Fly with feathered antennae - Ripiphorus
Copyright © 2007 Anne Burton

Fly with feathered antennae - Ripiphorus
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
July 12, 2007
Size: 1/4 inch or less
Sorry, it's not a great picture. Mostly black with a bit of brown. Antennae look like combs. Any clues?
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Contributed by Anne Burton on 17 July, 2007 - 7:38am
Last updated 23 May, 2023 - 8:04pm

Moved
Moved from Ripiphorus.
… Elliott Gordon, 23 May, 2023 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Wedge-shaped Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 10 November, 2008 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Not a fly
It's a beetle- no doubt something in the family Ripiphoridae The hardened front wings that in most beetles act like a shell over the whole body are reduced to tiny "shoulder pads"
… Chuck Entz, 17 July, 2007 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

 
yes, Ripiphorus sp.
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… v belov, 13 September, 2008 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
..for pointing me in the right direction, and the quick response. It does look like something in that family.
… Anne Burton, 17 July, 2007 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

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