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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Skipper Flies (Piophilidae) » Actenoptera » Actenoptera hilarella
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Small, orange acalyptrate fly, Lamont Co., AB - Actenoptera hilarella
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Small, orange acalyptrate fly, Lamont Co., AB - Actenoptera hilarella
East of Elk Island NP, Lamont, Alberta, Canada
July 9, 2010
Size: a few millimetres
In aspen parkland/ marshland. Higher resolution (larger) image available if needed.

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Small, orange acalyptrate fly, Lamont Co., AB - Actenoptera hilarella Small, orange acalyptrate fly, Lamont Co., AB - Actenoptera hilarella
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Contributed by Dave Walter on 29 October, 2011 - 2:08pm
Last updated 28 December, 2022 - 11:10am

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Moved from Actenoptera.
… Chris Angell, 28 December, 2022 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

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I'm almost certain this is Actenoptera. The key character in the MND key isn't visible (R1 setulose above), but the head chaetotaxy is pretty distinctive and matches the illustration for this genus. Compare also these images from Norway.

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… Joel Kits, 30 October, 2011 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Actenoptera
Hi Joel,

I think you have nailed it - we have an id on a specimen from the same site and it sure looks right. I wonder if the larvae grab their tails and flip as per the usual skipper mode and the recent brouhaha over tiger beetle larvae that do the same?

Cheers,

Dave
… Dave Walter, 30 October, 2011 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

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