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Psilocurus puellus
Photo#449175
Copyright © 2010
Steve Collins
Psilocurus puellus
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Briscoe County, Texas, USA
August 18, 2010
Sorry I didn't get a better photo. Several of these were observed on a muddy playa edge.
Thanks to Eric Fisher for the correct ID.
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Contributed by
Steve Collins
on 30 August, 2010 - 8:12pm
Last updated 7 December, 2010 - 1:55pm
Moved
Moved from
Psilocurus
.
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Harsi S. Parker
, 7 December, 2010 - 1:55pm
Moved
Thanks for your help. A new genus for me : )
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Steve Collins
, 1 September, 2010 - 12:25pm
New guide pages
Thanks for submitting this new species to the guide, Steve! Sometimes it can take a while for us editors to find your submission and create a new page (as I have just done). In the future, if an expert identifies an image for you and there isn't currently an appropriate guide page to move it to, you can request that one be created on
this page
in the forums.
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Harsi S. Parker
, 7 December, 2010 - 1:56pm
Steve, This is a Psilocuru
Steve,
This is a Psilocurus puellus (quite similar to Laphystia). The very distinctive scutellar bristles, the narrower and more gibbous face, and the oval flagellum of the antennae help separate Psilocurus from Laphystia. Good pictures -- especially for little flies sitting on the mud!
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Eric Fisher
, 1 September, 2010 - 11:57am