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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Polleniidae » Cluster flies (Pollenia) » Pollenia pediculata
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Muscidae? - Pollenia pediculata
Copyright © 2017 Robert Arndt

Muscidae? - Pollenia pediculata
West terre haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
February 4, 2017
Size: 8mm
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Contributed by Robert Arndt on 14 February, 2017 - 11:41am
Last updated 22 April, 2018 - 11:04am

Moved
Moved from Cluster flies.
… John F. Carr, 22 April, 2018 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

cf. pediculata
See comment here: https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=84313#post_351734.
… John F. Carr, 22 April, 2018 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Calyptratae.

The closed cell r5 is unusual for Pollenia.
… John F. Carr, 27 March, 2017 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 18 February, 2017 - 3:14am login or register to post comments

Pollenia?
Pollenia?
… John F. Carr, 14 February, 2017 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
that definitely makes sense
The abdomen is strange in coloration (but maybe typical for Pollenia), the right side is light with dark patches and the left is dark with light patches. They're like mirror images of each other
… Robert Arndt, 14 February, 2017 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

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