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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Flat-footed Flies (Platypezidae) » Platypezinae
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Fly - male
Copyright © 2010 Charley Eiseman

Fly - Male
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 30, 2010
One of many insects attracted to the honeydew dripping onto leaves from magnolia scales.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 September, 2010 - 7:18pm
Last updated 21 May, 2016 - 10:20pm

Moved
Moved from Flat-footed Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 21 May, 2016 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

Platypezina?
I think this is Platypezina because the fork of M is at or before M-Cu. Oddly, the two wings look different.

In the family males are holoptic and females are not.
… John F. Carr, 17 November, 2010 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Added
a slightly different image (full-sized), in case it makes things clearer.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 November, 2010 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

 
Paraplatypeza?
The new image shows the wing veins clearly. My first guess was wrong. This may be Paraplatypeza.
… John F. Carr, 18 November, 2010 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 28 September, 2010 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

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