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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Tephritini » Campiglossa group » Dioxyna » Dioxyna thomae
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fly - Dioxyna thomae
Copyright © 2009 Matt Edmonds

fly - Dioxyna thomae
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
January 31, 2009
Size: .25 inch
ID on the fly please?
Plus....what are the things that seem to be growing below his abdomen???
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 31 January, 2009 - 5:09pm
Last updated 9 February, 2009 - 11:44am

Moved
Moved from Dioxyna sororcula.
… Martin Hauser, 9 February, 2009 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

It looks like the fore femora
It looks like the fore femora are yellow, so it should be thomae, which is only found in Florida...
… Martin Hauser, 9 February, 2009 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

This is a fruit fly, and it h
This is a fruit fly, and it has fungi growing on it. There is another pic of the same fly species also from Florida with the same fungus (Laboulbeniales) on it. They are common on ground beetles and aquatic beetles, but also of flies like Ephydridae...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboulbeniales
… Martin Hauser, 31 January, 2009 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Laboulbeniales
Indeed, these parasites are Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota). The genus is Stigmatomyces. We would need the specimen itself to make sure what the species is. Walter Rossi also studies Laboulbeniales, primarily focussing on dipteran hosts and Stigmatomyces. If interested, just send me an email (dhaelewaters[at]fas.harvard.edu).

Best,
Danny
… Danny Haelewaters, 20 August, 2012 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks Martin.
… Matt Edmonds, 31 January, 2009 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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