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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Metopininae » Megaselia » Megaselia ventralis
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Scuttle Fly - Megaselia ventralis
Copyright © 2018 Salvador Vitanza

Scuttle Fly - Megaselia ventralis
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
June 13, 2018
Size: 2.7 mm
Attracted to mercury vapor and ultraviolet lights
Coordinates: 31.335390, -110.937995
Elevation: 3,932 ft
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 14 June, 2018 - 12:15pm
Last updated 26 December, 2021 - 11:06am

Moved
Moved from Megaselia.
… Brad Barnd, 25 December, 2021 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Brad!
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… Salvador Vitanza, 25 December, 2021 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… Salvador Vitanza, 25 December, 2021 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Salvador Vitanza, 5 July, 2018 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Phoridae
I don't recall what the current subfamily classification is. OK to move to family Phoridae.
… John F. Carr, 5 July, 2018 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

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