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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Stratiomyinae » Stratiomyini » Hedriodiscus » Hedriodiscus vertebratus
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Soldier Fly - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - male
Copyright © 2008 David E. Reed

Soldier Fly - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - Male
Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota, USA
June 28, 2008
Size: 7 mm head & body
Perhaps Odontomyia?

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Soldier Fly - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - male Soldier Fly - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - male
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Contributed by David E. Reed on 28 June, 2008 - 8:57pm
Last updated 29 April, 2018 - 9:41am

thanks for setting me straight, Norm.
Moved from Hedriodiscus dorsalis.
… v belov, 15 April, 2009 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

Hedriodiscus vertebratus
Hedriodiscus vertebratus...dorsalis only occurs in the far southern U.S.
… Norm Woodley, 15 April, 2009 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies.
… v belov, 22 March, 2009 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

Hedriodiscus dorsalis
(see Marshall 2006, p. 446:9)
… v belov, 22 March, 2009 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Hedriodiscus dorsalis
Thank you.
… David E. Reed, 22 March, 2009 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

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