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Lispe - female
Copyright © 2018 Steve Scholnick

Lispe - Female
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
July 30, 2018
Size: body 6mm by ruler
If I’ve used the Snyder key correctly (1), this one keys out to Lispe sociabilis
As one might guess from their behavior outside, these are seriously fidgety flies

couplet numbers and the character states I think I see:
Mid tibiae without a submedian anterodorsal bristle; Females: The apical anterodorsal bristle on hind tibiae absent
27) female
30) Tibiae mostly infuscated
31) Hind femora without…submedian anteroventral bristles
32) Eastern species; submedian posterodorsal bristle on hind tibiae usually distinct

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 12 August, 2018 - 1:41pm
Last updated 13 September, 2019 - 10:19am

species group ID confirmed by
Nikitia Vikhrev here on diptera.info. He's says that, in Maryland, there's a 95% chance that it's L. sociabilis but that a male would be needed for 100% certainty
… Steve Scholnick, 13 September, 2019 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lispe.
… Steve Scholnick, 13 September, 2019 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from House Flies and kin.
… Steve Scholnick, 1 September, 2018 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
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