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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Rachispoda
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Dark heleomyzid? - Rachispoda
Copyright © 2019 California Academy of Sciences, photo K Schneider

Dark heleomyzid? - Rachispoda
Presidio, Dragonfly Creek, San Francisco County, California, USA
October 1, 2019
Size: ca 3 mm
Caught in Malaise trap 28 Sep - 5 Oct 2019. This one has a strange appearance to my eyes, but eventually keyed it to Heleomyzidae, which looks reasonable?

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 23 November, 2019 - 8:50pm
Last updated 24 June, 2024 - 9:59pm

Moved
Moved from Limosininae.

Det. G. Kuwahara - see iNat link here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36002759
… Ken Schneider, 24 June, 2024 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lesser Dung Flies.
… Ken Schneider, 26 November, 2019 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Thanks John! The swollen first tarsomere on the hind leg is glaringly obvious now that you mention it! Thanks for the ID and info.
… Ken Schneider, 26 November, 2019 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

Sphaeroceridae
This is Leptocera or possibly Rachispoda in subfamily Limosininae. Family Sphaeroceridae is likely embedded within the family Heleomyzidae but entomologists haven't decided what to do with that annoying fact.
… John F. Carr, 26 November, 2019 - 7:06am login or register to post comments

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