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Photo#470097
Unidentiflied - Paralimna thomae - male

Unidentiflied - Paralimna thomae - Male
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
October 11, 2010
Found around a porch light in late evening.

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Name change
Paralimna multipunctata is now a synonym of Paralimna thomae.

Moved
Moved from Paralimna.

multipunctata
I think this is a male Paralimna multipunctata. It keys to multipunctata in the old guide to the aquatic insects of California. Since then punctipennis has also been recorded. The former species can be distinguished by "males with anteroflexor ciliation of flattened, curved setae" (Cresson, 1946). This fly has those hairs.

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Moved from Shore Flies.

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