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Subfamily Chloropinae - Grass Flies

tiny yellow fly - Thaumatomyia greenish fly - Meromyza little gnat or...? - Ectecephala Fly - Chlorops Tiny Orange & Black Fly - Thaumatomyia rubida Chloropidae, head - Chlorops rufescens Thaumatomyia? Thaumatomyia glabra
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Carnoidea
Family Chloropidae (Frit Flies)
Subfamily Chloropinae (Grass Flies)
Identification
C ends at or just past R5. In other subfamilies C reaches M. Larvae of phytophagous species have a pair of lobes projecting from the last segment of the abdomen.
Food
Phytophagous species eat grasses, sedges, and rushes (order Poales); other species are saprophagous or predaceous.