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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Coenosiinae » Limnophorini » Limnophora
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Poss. Limnophora - Limnophora
Copyright © 2019 Arturo Santos

Poss. Limnophora - Limnophora
University of South Florida, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
November 26, 2019
Prosternum with hairs, hind coxa without hairs posteriorly, and R4+5 with hairs basally. These are key features for Limnophora. Let me know if other features are needed.

See associated male here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1772416.

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Contributed by Arturo Santos on 26 November, 2019 - 4:26pm
Last updated 6 October, 2021 - 8:11am

Moved
Moved from House Flies and kin.
… Even Dankowicz, 6 October, 2021 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

The wing venation and brown s
The wing venation and brown spot on the scutellum key this to Limnophora narona, which can be seen as a specimen on this site: https://biodar.unlp.edu.ar/muscidae/en/info/20438.html. The female is identical to the one here.
… Arturo Santos, 17 December, 2019 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

 
L discreta is the only other
L discreta is the only other from FL, right? https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/67251-systema-dipterorum-s-checklist-of-limnophora-diptera-muscidae-north-of-mexico
… Even Dankowicz, 14 June, 2022 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Yes, only other one known from there
… Arturo Santos, 8 January, 2023 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

A reexamination of the proste
A reexamination of the prosternum suggests this is probably Limnophora
… Arturo Santos, 13 December, 2019 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

If not, then maybe Limnophora
If not, then maybe Limnophora.
… Arturo Santos, 12 December, 2019 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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