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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Spelobia » Spelobia typhlops
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Brachypterous sphaerocerid - Spelobia typhlops
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Gruber & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Brachypterous sphaerocerid - Spelobia typhlops
La Crosse River Trail Prairie SNA, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA
July 17, 2002
Size: ~1.5mm
Collected in dung-baited pitfall trap (16-17 July 2002) in pocket gopher burrow in prairie.

All pics taken with automontage system. Actual montaging done with CombineZP.

Identified by Dr. Stephen A. Marshall.

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Brachypterous sphaerocerid - Spelobia typhlops Brachypterous sphaerocerid - Spelobia typhlops
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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 18 February, 2009 - 6:27pm

Cool
Is this species associated with gopher burrows, or is that just a coincidence?
… Brad Barnd, 20 February, 2009 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
?
Don't know if they're solely associated with pocket gophers (Geomys sp.). See here for the original description. Page 144 starts description of this species. All the type material was from Geomys sp. burrow systems.
… Jeff Gruber, 14 April, 2009 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

the reduced eyes
are crazy looking. thanks for adding this, the scatopsid, and the phorid, all are great additions to the guide
… Keith Bayless, 19 February, 2009 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

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