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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Root-Maggot Flies (Anthomyiidae) » Anthomyia » pluvialis section (Anthomyia pluvialis section) » Anthomyia illocata
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BG2857 E1626 - Anthomyia illocata - female
Copyright © 2010 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG2857 E1626 - Anthomyia illocata - Female
North shore of Lake St. John, on fishing pier., Concordia Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 5, 2008
Size: body length 5.6 mm.
We believe this fly is in the family Anthomyiidae (Root-Maggot Flies). It is a good match for images in the genus Anthomyia.
Placement would be appreciated.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 11 March, 2010 - 9:43am
Last updated 12 April, 2018 - 12:30pm

Moved
Moved from Anthomyia.

Michael Ackland says "I think it is" [illocata].
… John F. Carr, 12 December, 2011 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Anthomyia illocata?
A comment on diptera.info says the Asian species Anthomyia illocata may occur in southern US. The pattern on the thorax here matches that species.
… John F. Carr, 11 December, 2011 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

Confused
Females of Anthomyia in the nearctic region are supposed to have either five spots or two longitudinal stripes on the thorax. If you take out the multi-spotted flies of both sexes that are morphologically A. pluvialis (L.) there are three forms remaining where there should be a male and female form only -- yours with broadly spaced eyes and a transverse dark band across the entire top, males with closely spaced eyes and a similar transverse band, and a Massachusetts form with a transverse dark band shortened. And I don't see the form with two longitudinal stripes at all.

… John F. Carr, 4 June, 2010 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. We put flies with these markings in Anthomyia. There are only one or two species that look like this, from what I've read. I'm no expert.
… John F. Carr, 14 March, 2010 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

Anthomyiidae, sure
perhaps the best anthomyiid images yet
… v belov, 11 March, 2010 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

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