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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Medeterinae » Medetera » aberrans species group (Medetera aberrans species group) » Medetera aberrans
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Silver-green Fly - Medetera aberrans - female
Copyright © 2007 John R. Maxwell

Silver-green Fly - Medetera aberrans - Female
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 4, 2007
Size: Maybe around 6 mm?
The metalic color makes me think of Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae). The wings have very few veins, but they seem to match Diaphorus pretty well. Is that a possibility? http://bugguide.net/node/view/141131/bgimage
Maybe Dolichopus?
Female?
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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 27 December, 2007 - 4:56pm
Last updated 20 January, 2013 - 7:36pm

Moved
Moved from Medetera.
… John F. Carr, 20 January, 2013 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… John R. Maxwell, 30 January, 2012 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

Medetera?
Maybe Medetera
… John F. Carr, 22 January, 2012 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysotus
?
… John R. Maxwell, 23 January, 2012 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Wrong shape
Compare the shape of the head and the relative courses of the three long veins near the wingtip.
… John F. Carr, 28 January, 2012 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

 
I see
yes, the veins do match Medetera pretty well.
… John R. Maxwell, 29 January, 2012 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Color
Are there any this shiny and with this coloring? Most in the guide look drab. I keep thinking Dolichopodinae or Diaphorinae, but I'm not sure.
… John R. Maxwell, 23 January, 2012 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 16 January, 2008 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

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