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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Vinegar Flies (Drosophilidae) » Drosophilinae » Scaptomyza
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Small, striped, grey acalyptrate fly - Scaptomyza
Copyright © 2011 HC Proctor

Small, striped, grey acalyptrate fly - Scaptomyza
Edmonton, Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
May 29, 2011
Size: a few millimetres
Urban yard
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Contributed by Dave Walter on 29 October, 2011 - 1:12pm
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 12:13pm

Scaptomyza
Moved from Flies. Kevin Barber gave the crucial hint for the ID of this fly.
… Matthias Buck, 4 November, 2011 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 3 November, 2011 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

Small, striped, grey acalyptrate
Could this be a species of Poecilolycia
in the Lauxaniidae?
… Dave Walter, 1 November, 2011 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

 
Not sure
This is not Poecilolycia but I don't know what it is. Perhaps a lauxaniid but I am not even certain about that.
… Matthias Buck, 3 November, 2011 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

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