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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Dance Flies (Empididae) » Empidinae » Rhamphomyia » dark-winged Northeastern species (Rhamphomyia dark-winged Northeastern species)
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Rhamphomyia - female
Copyright © 2008 John R. Maxwell

Rhamphomyia - Female
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
March 30, 2008
Size: Maybe around 5 mm?
I'm not sure but this might me one of the Dance Flies (Empididae). I thought maybe a female.
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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 9 April, 2008 - 12:11pm
Last updated 25 April, 2015 - 7:18pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Pararhamphomyia.
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Moved
Moved from Rhamphomyia.
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Related to?
Related to this?

Except mine may have a longer proboscis.
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Image
added, it looks pretty long in the new view.
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Moved
Moved from Empidinae.
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Moved from Flies.
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for all of your continued efforts identifying these images.
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