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Photo#276079
Fly - Platypalpus

Fly - Platypalpus
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 16, 2009
Size: ~6mm
A side view of another one of these flies . This is a different fly so I didn't link them.

Moved
Moved from Platypalpus.

Resembles P. harpiger
This and the other are among several flies here that resemble Platypalpus harpiger. Because the species is uncommon (possibly known only from type specimen) I am suspicious that I find so many matches.

Moved
Moved from Empidoidea.

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