Species Micropeza corrigiolata

Morphologically distinct from North American native species (male lacks genital graspers, head and body nearly entirely black, dark rings on mid- and hind-femora).

New Brunswick, Canada. Probably in Nova Scotia and Maine as well...see comments here.

A Eurasian species, introduced recently. First recorded in 1993.

"This is the only Micropeza species known to occur in eastern Canada, although widespread in Europe, it had only been recorded from 2 localities in New Brunswick (St. John & Moncton areas). [Comment by Morgan Jackson]

For more details, see Hoebeke & Wheeler in "Print References" below.

Dark rings on mid- and hind-femora are similar to those of M. stigmatica, a southwestern (to South America) species which is predominantly reddish and has all its femora with black disto-median and sub-apical bands. Previous to the 1993 introduction of M. corrigiolata, the only species in our area having black disto-median and sub-apical bands on its femora was M. stigmatica.

Hoebeke, E.R., & Wheeler A.R. (1994). Micropeza corrigiolata (L.), a Eurasian stilt-legged fly (Diptera: Micropezidae) new to North America: redescription, geographic distribution, and bionomics. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 96(3), pp. 466-470. (Full Text)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

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