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Trypetisoma eutretoides Arnaud - Trypetisoma eutretoides - female

Trypetisoma eutretoides Arnaud - Trypetisoma eutretoides - Female
Middlemarch Road on west side of Dragoon Mountains, elevation 1695 meters, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 1, 2018
Size: 3 mm
Collected sweeping low herbaceous vegetation in a dry wash. I'm not sure this species has been collected since Arnaud described it, and it has apparently not previously been collected in Arizona, only California.

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Trypetisoma eutretoides Arnaud - Trypetisoma eutretoides - female Trypetisoma eutretoides Arnaud - Trypetisoma eutretoides - female Trypetisoma eutretoides Arnaud - Trypetisoma eutretoides - female Trypetisoma eutretoides Arnaud - Trypetisoma eutretoides - female

"It has apparently not previously been collected in Arizona"?
but I collected it one day before you did... :-)
My main problem with this little fly is that I couldn't figure out the family.

Another one
Shortly after yours, another was posted from Arizona.

 
What a coincidence!
I collected two of these little guys. There were plenty more at the bottom of a ravine. A sandy spot in the ground of approximately two square meters was teeming with all sorts of insects. I bet the dry weather coupled with the moist soil at that location attracted a myriad of critters.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.