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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Skipper Flies (Piophilidae) » Waltzing Flies (Prochyliza) » Prochyliza varipes
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Skipper Fly - Prochyliza varipes
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Luk

Skipper Fly - Prochyliza varipes
Horner Park, Richmond Hill (N43º52'20"W079º24'45"), York Region, Ontario, Canada
May 21, 2009
Size: 4.5 mm
This species is sexually dimorphic - females do not have the elongated antennae that the males possess.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 8 July, 2009 - 6:15pm
Last updated 3 November, 2021 - 10:15am

Moved
Moved from Prochyliza brevicornis. Kindly reviewed by Chris Angell on iNaturalist.
… Stephen Luk, 3 November, 2021 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

Intrigued...
I made a post which seems to closely resemble your image here. Perhaps this mating "trio" from nearby to that post is of the same taxon...though the males & females there don't appear to have dimorphic antennae.
… Aaron Schusteff, 27 December, 2009 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cheese skippers and kin.
… Joel Kits, 30 July, 2009 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Prochyliza xanthostoma.
… Matthias Buck, 11 July, 2009 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

Male
of another species, perhaps a Protopiophila.
… Matthias Buck, 11 July, 2009 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

 
Keyed
This specimen keys out to Prochyliza brevicornis Melander, 1924 in McAlpine 1977. It also matches the Guelph collection's specimens of this species.
… Stephen Luk, 21 July, 2009 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Prochyliza, different sp. ...?
I carefully checked through the collection and ran the genera key in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera. One of my specimens is a Protopiophila, but it is not the above individual, which keys to Prochyliza. Apart from P. xanthostoma, there are four other species in this genus. The collection seems to be quite complete, so I may be able to narrow it down further.
… Stephen Luk, 16 July, 2009 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

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