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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Heleomyzidae » Heleomyzinae » Oecotheini » Eccoptomera
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Red-eyed Fly - Eccoptomera
Copyright © 2010 nvhamlett@gmail.com

Red-eyed Fly - Eccoptomera
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 5, 2010
Size: Approx. 1-2 cm
A fly on a leaf of Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon trichocalyx) in the 'East Field' of the Claremont Colleges' Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station. Photographed about 8:30 a.m. I know flies are problematic, but even narrowing this one down a bit will be very helpful!
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 6 April, 2010 - 12:22pm
Last updated 16 April, 2010 - 6:06pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 April, 2010 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

Heleomyzidae
I would say Heleomyzidae :-) , genus [i]Eccoptomera[i] Loew
Andrzej
… Andrzej J. Woznica, 16 April, 2010 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you, Andrezj, for the ID! We are attempting to document as many of the intertebrates as we can at the Bernard Field Station (http://bfs.claremont.edu/biota/inverts/index.html), and this is a real help. Are you confident of the genus, or would it be better to list it as "probable"?
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 16 April, 2010 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Eccoptomera
In my opinion it is Eccoptomera ! I have to check an original paper of Garrett C.B.D., where probably the Eccoptomera species description has been made, than I can probably add the species name :-)
Best wishes,
Andrzej
… Andrzej J. Woznica, 17 April, 2010 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again!
I really appreciate your help!
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 17 April, 2010 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
Dziękuję, Andrzej!
I should have looked at more than superficial likeness!
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 April, 2010 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

Scathophagidae -
but I don't know the genus.
… Hartmut Wisch, 7 April, 2010 - 12:11am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks, Hartmut! Even being able to list family is helpful.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 7 April, 2010 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

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