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Muscoid fly - Atherigona reversura -

Rotonda West, Charlotte County, Florida, USA
June 10, 2011
Size: 3 mm

Collected a number of these, both males and females, at UV light. Six were collected on this date.

I think it may be Atherigona sp. (or something similar). It doesn't look quite like the one species of Atherigona (A. orientalis) listed for nearctic in (1) based on comparison to images on the web.

Edit: I see that another species, Atherigona reversura, has been reported from Georgia and Florida. I wonder if this could be it.

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Muscoid fly - Atherigona reversura - female

Muscoid fly - Atherigona reversura - female

Muscoid fly - Atherigona reversura - female

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 8 November, 2011 - 5:59pm
Last updated 10 October, 2013 - 10:30am

Moved

Moved from Shoot Flies. ID'd by Dr. Cecil Smith, Georgia Museum of Natural History, University of Georgia. His comment: "...definitely A. reversura Villeneuve. This thing seems to be spreading amazingly fast since the first specimens were sent to me a little more than a year ago."

… Brad Barnd, 11 November, 2011 - 6:19pm

Moved

Moved from Muscoidea. Genus confirmed on diptera.info (hopefully I placed this genus within the correct subfamily)

… Brad Barnd, 9 November, 2011 - 3:26pm

Phaoniinae

I moved it to Phaoniinae, which seems to be the prevailing view among sources that put it in an established subfamily. Some authorities give it its own subfamily and it could be moved to be a direct child of Muscidae (no point in making a monotypic subfamily node).

… John F. Carr, 9 November, 2011 - 3:50pm

Thanks John.

I dropped an email to Will Hudson at UofGA to see if he recognizes this one.

… Brad Barnd, 9 November, 2011 - 3:54pm

How many dorsocentrals?

How many pre- and post-sutural dorsocentrals? Might be 3+4 but I'm not sure.

… John F. Carr, 8 November, 2011 - 7:04pm

Hard to make out

so I'm not sure

… Brad Barnd, 8 November, 2011 - 8:12pm

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