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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Picture-winged Flies (Ulidiidae) » Ulidiinae » Lipsanini » Notogramma » Notogramma purpuratum
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fly 58 - Notogramma purpuratum
Copyright © 2011 Jillian H. Cowles

fly 58 - Notogramma purpuratum
Vail, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 25, 2007
on dead, rotting saguaro

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fly 58 - Notogramma purpuratum fly 58 - Notogramma purpuratum fly 58 - Notogramma purpuratum
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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 17 December, 2011 - 2:19pm

we have a lot of these under Stictomyia longicornis
I believe
… margarethe brummermann, 9 November, 2014 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Differences
Sticomyia longicornis has long antennae and spotted wings.
… John F. Carr, 9 November, 2014 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Notogramma.
… John F. Carr, 17 December, 2011 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 17 December, 2011 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert att'n; magnificent fly batch, Jilian!
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 17 December, 2011 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

Notogramma?
… Yurika Alexander, 17 December, 2011 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably purpuratum
Probably N. purpuratum, which is known from Pima Co. This angle (and only this angle) shows a clear spot along the edge of the wing about 2/3 of the distance to the wingtip.
… John F. Carr, 17 December, 2011 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

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