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picture-winged fly - Paramyiolia - male

picture-winged fly - Paramyiolia - Male
Kumbrabow State Forest, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
May 16, 2017
Rear view.

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Interesting specimen
These pictures are very interesting, they don't exactly match any given fly I can find in Foote's handbook. The closest match is Paramyiolia given the enlarged face bristles on a male and body/abdomen color along with the wing pattern. The wing pattern is closest to P. rhino, but the bristles don't look like they extend enough to be like the head drawn in Steyskal's description of the species. The only Paramyiolia species recorded in the handbook in West Virginia is P. nigricornis, which also has enlarged facial bristles on the males, but the wing pattern is vastly different from the pictured fly. The other possible genera could be Gymnocarena and Strauzia based on broader wing pattern and enlarged facial bristles, but Strauzia is for sure an almost highlighter neon-yellow color in the thorax rather than this orange, and the wing of Gymnocarena should have the proximal half yellowed, along with the body being more yellow.

 
Fascinating!
We remember this fly landing on our hand and sitting quietly for the entire photo shoot. Always interesting to hear something we found is unusual. Thanks!

 
Behavior
I got pictures of a male Paramyiolia nigricornis several years ago because it stopped to lick sweat off me.

 
Nice!
That's cool! Did it have the extended bristles on the face and similar wing pattern?

Also, side note, I realized I forgot to check Euleia, but they don't have those bristles and have a protruding face.

 
Darker wing

 
Thanks!
From that picture, I'm definitely getting the sense that this specimen is closer to P. rhino.

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