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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Pointed-winged Flies (Lonchopteridae) » Lonchoptera
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I think Fly but ... - Lonchoptera
Copyright © 2009 Mardon Erbland

I think Fly but ... - Lonchoptera
47.63060N 52.68754W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 8, 2009
Size: 4mm head to wing tips
I think this is a fly but I'm not confident enough to post directly to Diptera with it. I found it on the lamp post in our front year, at night, with the lights lit.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 9 August, 2009 - 8:32am
Last updated 9 August, 2009 - 9:55am

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 August, 2009 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Thanks Ron. I knew that the halteres meant it was not a bee or a wasp but I did not know that the existance of halteres eliminated it from all other insect groups outside of Diptera.
… Mardon Erbland, 9 August, 2009 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

It's a fly, but an odd one.
Note halteres in front of wing(s) - the small stabilizer pads that replace what would otherwise be the second set of wings.
… Ron Hemberger, 9 August, 2009 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

 
Spear-winged fly.
Pretty sure this is a spear-winged fly. The venation is pretty distinctive for that family, the size is right....
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 August, 2009 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

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