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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Pointed-winged Flies (Lonchopteridae) » Lonchoptera » Lonchoptera bifurcata
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Small fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - female
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Small fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - Female
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 22, 2005
Size: 4mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 23 August, 2005 - 10:40pm
Last updated 6 July, 2009 - 2:50pm

Moved
Moved from Lonchoptera.
… Keith Bayless, 6 July, 2009 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Lonchoptera bifurcata (Fallén, 1810)
Det. John Klymko 2009. This is the most common species in the east, and is characterized by yellow post-ocellar bristles.
… Stephen Luk, 6 July, 2009 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pointed-winged Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 16 February, 2007 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

Family Lonchopteridae
Hello Tom,
This is a fly that belongs in the family Lonchopteridae! A small primitive family with not so much genera. Maybe it belongs to the genus Lonchoptera, but I'm not sure of that!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 24 August, 2005 - 3:18am login or register to post comments

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