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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Pachygastrinae » Zabrachia » Zabrachia polita
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Zabrachia polita - male
Copyright © 2012 John R. Maxwell

Zabrachia polita - Male
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
May 12, 2012
Size: Maybe around 3 mm?
Male eyes?

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 12 May, 2012 - 2:07am
Last updated 29 April, 2018 - 10:09pm

Thanks
!
… John R. Maxwell, 14 May, 2012 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

super! live pics of an uncommon genus - now with a sp. name, too
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 14 May, 2012 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

Stratiomyidae: Zabrachia polita
Stratiomyidae: Zabrachia polita
… Norm Woodley, 14 May, 2012 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

check out Platypezidae
… v belov, 12 May, 2012 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
Now I'm stuck in
Pachygastrinae (Pachygaster or Zabrachia +/-)
… John R. Maxwell, 12 May, 2012 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
but I'm having a hard time finding a match for the wing veins and the protruding "shoulder blades". But I haven't found anything anywhere else that is much better on all counts.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 May, 2012 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 May, 2012 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

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