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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Heleomyzidae » Trixoscelis » Trixoscelis flavida
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Anthomyiidae? - Trixoscelis flavida
Copyright © 2010 KellyFarrell

Anthomyiidae? - Trixoscelis flavida
Sierra Foothills REC, Browns Valley, California, USA
May 1, 2009
Size: 2 mm long, .7 mm wide
collected via vacuum sampling in a California grassland
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Contributed by KellyFarrell on 27 October, 2010 - 3:40pm
Last updated 31 January, 2014 - 5:37pm

Moved
Moved from Trixoscelis.
… John F. Carr, 31 January, 2014 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Probably Trixoscelis flavida
This looks male. If it is, the combination of unmarked wings, yellow first flagellomere, narrow gena, black fore femur, and unmodified yellow hind basitarsus makes it Trixoscelis flavida. ID gets easier as you go north because there are a lot of desert species.
… John F. Carr, 31 January, 2014 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
I can't be 100% sure from this angle, but this seems to be Trixoscelis.

Moved from Muscoidea.
… Joel Kits, 19 December, 2010 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Root-Maggot Flies.
… KellyFarrell, 27 October, 2010 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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If you are not sure of the ID you should place it at the level of certainty, say Muscoidea, or in Id request.
… Beatriz Moisset, 27 October, 2010 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

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