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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Pullimosina » Pullimosina pullula
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small fly - Pullimosina pullula - female
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

small fly - Pullimosina pullula - Female
Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 26, 2009
Size: 1.5mm
This small fly was under a board, and didn't survive the trip back home.
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Contributed by tom murray on 28 March, 2009 - 8:48am
Last updated 10 January, 2010 - 7:55pm

Moved
ID from specimen. This is a parthenogenic species, apparently with only females known from North America.

Moved from Limosininae.
… Joel Kits, 10 January, 2010 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
New species for the guide
Joel, thanks for working on these fly specimens, and identifying new species for the guide!
… tom murray, 10 January, 2010 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lesser Dung Flies. Probably a Pullimosina but I would have to get a better look at the wing venation to confirm.
… Matthias Buck, 28 March, 2009 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… tom murray, 28 March, 2009 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

small fly
Possibly Sphaeroceridae
… JBurger, 28 March, 2009 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

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