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Utah ? - Rhopalomyia - female
Copyright © 2011 Kerry S. Matz

Utah ? - Rhopalomyia - Female
City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City. (N40°47.122'W111°52.917')., Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
September 6, 2011
Size: <1.5mm
Found on Rabbitbrush. Suggestions appreciated.
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Contributed by Kerry S. Matz on 9 September, 2011 - 7:31am
Last updated 2 December, 2012 - 10:06pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges.

I am assuming this is a gall maker. If it is a predatory type I don't know what it is.
… John F. Carr, 2 December, 2012 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges and Wood Midges.
… John F. Carr, 17 November, 2012 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

Likely Rhopalomyia
The ovipositor suggests a plant feeding form. If yours is a species recorded from Chrysothamnus, you can choose from several Rhopalomyia or Asphondylia bigeloviaebrassicoides. (One other species doesn't look like this.) The antennae say Rhopalomyia to me but the structure of the ovipositor may be more telling to an expert.
… John F. Carr, 17 November, 2012 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges.
… John F. Carr, 23 May, 2012 - 6:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
… John F. Carr, 4 October, 2011 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 25 September, 2011 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 25 September, 2011 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Gall Midge, perhaps?


Not an ID; just a possibility to consider while waiting for an expert opinion.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 September, 2011 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Cecidomyiidae
for sure.
… Chris Borkent, 22 May, 2012 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

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