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Keroplatus perhaps, dorsal-lateral - Keroplatus militaris - male
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Keroplatus perhaps, dorsal-lateral - Keroplatus militaris - Male
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 4, 2008
Size: 8- mm
Woodland Malaise Trap 14-Jul-2008 to 4-Aug-2008.
The antennae look much like/similar to the drawing of Keroplatus clausus antennae in "Manual of Nearctic Diptera"

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 27 October, 2011 - 7:16am
Last updated 15 November, 2011 - 5:05pm

Moved
Moved from Keroplatus.
… MJ Hatfield, 15 November, 2011 - 5:05pm

formidable.
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… v belov, 27 October, 2011 - 9:06am

K. clausus or militaris
The key in Fisher 1941 suggests Keroplatus militaris but it could be K. clausus.

Fisher, Elizabeth G. 1941. Distributional notes and keys to American Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae and Ceroplatinae with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 67(4):275-301.
… John F. Carr, 27 October, 2011 - 8:39am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 27 October, 2011 - 8:37am

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