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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Oreogetonidae » Oreogeton
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Dance Fly - Oreogeton
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Dance Fly - Oreogeton
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 18, 2009
Size: 5.2mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 May, 2009 - 8:36am
Last updated 9 November, 2010 - 8:16am

i'm not placing the genus in a subfam...
...because it will be likely moved out -- see Dr Kits's comment

Moved from Empidinae.
… v belov, 9 November, 2010 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dance Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 21 May, 2009 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Oreogetoninae - Oreogeton sp.
Matthias, I just got a comment on my website from Bradley Sinclair saying this is a female Oreogeton sp.
Should it be moved to a new page?
… tom murray, 14 September, 2009 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
I think you're right. I was just hoping for something a little better:-)
… tom murray, 21 May, 2009 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
ha! i just realized -- you've misread me
'isn't worth much' referred to my opinions on diptera rather than to the empidid! the empidid is nice and tidy.
… v belov, 21 May, 2009 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

looks like an empidid to me -- which isn't worth much
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… v belov, 21 May, 2009 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

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