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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Shore Flies (Ephydridae) » Discomyzinae » Leptopsilopa » Leptopsilopa atrimana
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tiny fly - Leptopsilopa atrimana
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

tiny fly - Leptopsilopa atrimana
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 9, 2008
Size: about 1.5mm
Found on the snow at the edge of a field where the snow cover was thin.

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Contributed by tom murray on 9 February, 2008 - 9:28pm
Last updated 7 April, 2014 - 7:32pm

Moved
Moved from Leptopsilopa.
… Brad Barnd, 7 April, 2014 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Shore Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 11 February, 2008 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Leptopsilopa (MA)
The images are perfectly fine to identify the genus. Diagnostic are the black fore legs contrasting with yellow mid and hind legs. Note also the slightly clouded crossveins of the wing. Tom: I am amazed that you find all these new genera of tiny flies for Bugguide!
… Matthias Buck, 11 February, 2008 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

 
Leptopsilopa sp.
Matthias, this time of year the bugs are few and far between, so I look hard for whatever I can find, and flies are one of the few kinds of insects that brave the winter on sunny days.
… tom murray, 11 February, 2008 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Keith
I wish they were bigger, so I could get more detailed images:-)
… tom murray, 10 February, 2008 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

 
As
Keith suggests, it is an ephydrid. A more lateral view is best for these (easy for me to say).
… Donald S. Chandler, 10 February, 2008 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
More angles
I added a few more shots, hopefully showing what's needed for further identification.
… tom murray, 10 February, 2008 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

looks like
an ephydrid to me
… Keith Bayless, 10 February, 2008 - 2:12am login or register to post comments

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