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Psilocurus puellus -

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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Psilocurus puellus - female

Psilocurus puellus - female

Contributed by Steve Collins on 30 August, 2010 - 8:12pm
Last updated 7 December, 2010 - 1:55pm

Moved

Moved from Psilocurus.

… Harsi S. Parker, 7 December, 2010 - 1:55pm

Moved

Thanks for your help. A new genus for me : )

… 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.

… 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!

… Eric Fisher, 1 September, 2010 - 11:57am

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