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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Woodlouse Flies (Rhinophoridae) » Melanophora » Melanophora roralis
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Woodlouse Fly - Melanophora roralis - male
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

Woodlouse Fly - Melanophora roralis - Male
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
September 16, 2008
Size: small
very small black fly.

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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 16 February, 2009 - 7:03pm
Last updated 17 February, 2009 - 9:39am

Melanophora roralis, male (NY)
A rhinophorid.
… Matthias Buck, 17 February, 2009 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

Cylindromyia seems like it...
but I'm no tachinid expert :-)
See here
… Tim Loh, 16 February, 2009 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

A tachinid fly
Sorry, but that's all I can help you with at the moment. They are quite a confusing group :(.

Hope this helps.
… James Bailey, 16 February, 2009 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

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