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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Cecidomyiidi » Aphidoletes » Aphid Midge (Aphidoletes aphidimyza)
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very small fly - Aphidoletes aphidimyza
Copyright © 2006 Joyce Gross

very small fly - Aphidoletes aphidimyza
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
April 21, 2006
Size: ~3mm (body only)

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 22 April, 2006 - 2:48am
Last updated 17 February, 2010 - 12:48am

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges.
… Joyce Gross, 17 February, 2010 - 12:48am login or register to post comments

Great shot
It looks sort of like a midge to me. I've never seen crazy long antennae like that on one before, though.
… Lynette Elliott, 22 April, 2006 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

 
...
I was thinking Cecidomyiidae, as the venation looks correct. Check Petersons or Borror Triplehorn and Johnson.
-Sean McCann


triatoma.blogspot.com
… Sean McCann, 22 April, 2006 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

 
Cecidomyiidae
It is indeed a Cecidomyiid.
… Donald S. Chandler, 22 April, 2006 - 7:06am login or register to post comments

 
Cecidomyiidae
Thanks, everyone, for the comments and ID.
… Joyce Gross, 24 April, 2006 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

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