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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Metopininae » Trophithauma » Trophithauma rostrata
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mating flies - Trophithauma rostrata - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

mating flies - Trophithauma rostrata - Male Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 26, 2009
Only photo I have of these gnats (or rather flies).
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 24 September, 2009 - 2:51pm
Last updated 13 December, 2010 - 5:06pm

Moved
Moved from Megaselia.
… John F. Carr, 30 November, 2009 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… Ilona L., 26 September, 2009 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bibionomorpha. Still learning!
… Ilona L., 24 September, 2009 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

not an id
Phoridae me thinks.
… Jeff Gruber, 24 September, 2009 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
ditto
bibonomorphs are nematocerans, these are not
… v belov, 24 September, 2009 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
identification
Phoridae, Trophithauma rostrata. Good photo- these are not common!
Sorry about my earlier misidentification as Megaselia
… Brian V. Brown, 26 September, 2009 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

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