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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Aulacigastridae » Aulacigaster
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small fly with striped eyes - Aulacigaster
Copyright © 2022 Larry Reis

small fly with striped eyes - Aulacigaster
Lake Meyer Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
April 5, 2021
This fly looks like it might be in Lauxanioidea but I couldn't find any sure matches there.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 17 April, 2022 - 9:41pm
Last updated 22 April, 2022 - 9:55am

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… Spencer Pote, 22 April, 2022 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

 
Aulacigaster
Thanks for confirming that this little fly with the striped eyes is a sap fly in the genus Aulacigaster, Spencer! This is the first sap fly I've found in the field.
… Larry Reis, 22 April, 2022 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

Aulacigaster?
Aulacigaster?
… John F. Carr, 18 April, 2022 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Aulacigaster
I think you are right about this fly belonging to the genus Aulacigaster, John! Somehow I blew right over Aulacigastridae as I was browsing through Acalyptratae looking for flies with striped eyes. This fly was feeding on sap from an injured deciduous tree.
… Larry Reis, 18 April, 2022 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

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