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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Acrocera
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Endoparasitoid small-headed fly - Acrocera - female
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Endoparasitoid small-headed fly - Acrocera - Female
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
February 8, 2013
Size: 6mm

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Endoparasitoid small-headed fly - Acrocera - female Pterodontia endoparasitoid fly - Acrocera - female Pterodontia endoparasitoid fly - Acrocera - female Pterodontia endoparasitoid fly - Acrocera - female
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Contributed by Nick Keiser on 4 November, 2024 - 8:37am
Last updated 4 November, 2024 - 9:43am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

From the info page for the family:
1) - Antennae emerge from the top of the head = Turbopsebius and Acrocera
2) - Eyes without dense hairs = Acrocera
… Bob Biagi, 4 November, 2024 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Pterodontia ID
We originally thought Pterodontia flavipes, but I am not super confident about the wing veination pattern.
… Nick Keiser, 4 November, 2024 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
OK
If you check out the website Drawwing.org, you will see some of the different genera represented there. see here
It seems like you might be somewhere in the genus Acrocera.
Sometimes, some species have an extra vein, near the costa, but not always: It is missing on your fly.
Did you get any good shots of the head?
Do the antennae emerge from the top of the head?
… Bob Biagi, 4 November, 2024 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

 
Head photos
Thanks! Yes, the antennae emerge from the top of the head. I've added two photos to demonstrate.
… Nick Keiser, 4 November, 2024 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

 
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Please fill in the size field, whenever you know the exact size of your bugs. (6mm body?)
… Bob Biagi, 4 November, 2024 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

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