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Species Heteromyia fasciata

Red Fly - Heteromyia fasciata - female Red Fly - Heteromyia fasciata Red Fly - Heteromyia fasciata Red Fly - Heteromyia fasciata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
Family Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges)
Subfamily Ceratopogoninae
Tribe Heteromyiini
Genus Heteromyia
Species fasciata (Heteromyia fasciata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heteromyia fasciata Say 1825
Size
Wing length approx. 3 mm
Identification
Distinguished from the other North American species, H. prattii, by the white pruinosity on top of the abdomen.
Range
"Massachusetts south to Florida" -- Wirth and Grogan 1977