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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Xylomyidae » Xylomya » Xylomya americana
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Xylomyid - Xylomya americana
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Gruber

Xylomyid - Xylomya americana
Sander's Park Hardwoods SNA, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
July 11, 2009

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 15 July, 2009 - 9:19pm
Last updated 8 June, 2010 - 5:42pm

Xylomyidae: Xylomya americana
Xylomyidae: Xylomya americana
… Norm Woodley, 2 June, 2014 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Xylomya pallidifemur.
… Martin Hauser, 8 June, 2010 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Xylomyidae.
… Jeff Gruber, 20 September, 2009 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

Xylomya pallidifemur
the red tibiae is a good indicator
… Miles Zhang, 3 September, 2009 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

 
but the stripes on the thorax
but the stripes on the thorax point to americana
… Martin Hauser, 8 June, 2010 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
americana has pointed palpi,
americana has pointed palpi, which this one doesn't have. However my experience is limited to Ontario (this was part of my 4th year thesis).
… Miles Zhang, 17 June, 2010 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

 
You are right, amaericanus ha
You are right, amaericanus has pointed palpi, but you can not see them here in the picture, what you see is the proboscis... The other character which points to americanus is that the last segments of the antenna are not covered with hairs....
… Martin Hauser, 19 June, 2010 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

 
You are right, I am looking a
You are right, I am looking at the proboscis...doh
… Miles Zhang, 21 June, 2010 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Miles.
… Jeff Gruber, 20 September, 2009 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

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