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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Wood Gnats (Anisopodidae) » Anisopodinae » Olbiogaster
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Olbiogaster - male
Copyright © 2008 Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew

Olbiogaster - Male
Bexar County, Texas, USA
September 12, 2008
Size: 0.33 inch

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Contributed by Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew on 12 September, 2008 - 11:18am
Last updated 14 September, 2008 - 10:15pm

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
… John R. Maxwell, 14 September, 2008 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

i think
Anisopodidae: Olbiogaster sp.
… Keith Bayless, 14 September, 2008 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Good call!
Good to have this genus added to BG.
… Matthias Buck, 15 September, 2008 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

 
Keith- Thanks!
Keith- Thanks!
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 14 September, 2008 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

Fly.
It would appear this is a male (claspers at tip of abdomen) fly in the Nematocera sub-order, but beyond that I'm clueless. Looks like a unique find!
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 September, 2008 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Eric- Thanks!
Eric- Thanks!
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 12 September, 2008 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

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