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Tachinid fly? - Phaonia - male

Tachinid fly? - Phaonia - Male
Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
May 22, 2008
Size: 10-15 mm long
Abundant flies seen in a rhododendron forest at the lower altitudes of the Cook's Wall Trail. The spots on the wings are unusual.

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Tachinid fly? - Phaonia - male Tachinid fly? - Phaonia

Moved
Moved from Fanniidae.

Moved
Moved from Muscoidea.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Fannid...
This resembles a cross between a tachinid and a muscid due to the bristly abdomen, but the absence of pleural bristles and the wing configuration definitely points to a muscid in the family Fannidae. The "spots" on the wings are actually amplified cross veins. This one's a male.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/100523

 
Not sure
This was a relatively large fly, and the Fannidae look very tiny and seem to have bigger heads. I'd go with Muscid, though.

I think
it is more likely a Muscid or Anthomyiid

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