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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Nerioidea » Tanypezidae » Tanypeza
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unusual fly - Tanypeza
Copyright © 2021 Jim Moore1

unusual fly - Tanypeza
Catoctin Mountain Park, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
July 11, 2020
Size: 5 mm??
deciduous forest. Platyplezidae??

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Contributed by Jim Moore1 on 19 March, 2021 - 9:19am
Last updated 30 March, 2021 - 8:28am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jim Moore1, 30 March, 2021 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jim Moore1, 30 March, 2021 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

looks like Tanypeza


very cool!
… Steve Scholnick, 19 March, 2021 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for digging that ID up Steve. Too bad I didn't get better photos (which seem to look even worse on BugGuide.net for some reason).
… Jim Moore1, 20 March, 2021 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

 
the photos look good enough
for a genus ID and, with a fly family that BugGuide says is "rare, poorly known", that's nothing to sneeze at. Besides, isn't there an inverse correlation between how interesting an insect is and how good the photo is? :-)
… Steve Scholnick, 21 March, 2021 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
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Agreed on all counts Steve. :-) I'm not aware of any confusion species, so I will likely move it to the genus myself if one of the editors isn't comfortable doing so.
… Jim Moore1, 21 March, 2021 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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