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Dixidae?? - Dixella dorsalis
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Luk

Dixidae?? - Dixella dorsalis
Phyllis Rawlinson Park, Richmond Hill (N43º55'25.2"W079º23'54.5"elev.209m), York Region, Ontario, Canada
June 18, 2008
Size: 7 mm
Dorsal view. By the way, it emerged June 22, but I didn't get the chance to shoot it alive.

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 24 June, 2008 - 11:58am
Last updated 2 November, 2009 - 8:21pm

Moved
Moved from Dixella.
… Keith Bayless, 2 November, 2009 - 8:21pm

Moved
Moved from Dixidae.
… Keith Bayless, 4 December, 2008 - 3:00pm

 
educated guess
I'm going to have to call this Dixella dorsalis based upon available evidence. Pretty good chance based on habitat and gross morphology.
… John Kevin Moulton, 2 November, 2009 - 7:51pm

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
… Keith Bayless, 24 June, 2008 - 1:35pm

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