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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Oscinellinae » Gaurax » Gaurax dorsalis
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Frit Fly - Gaurax dorsalis
Copyright © 2012 Robert Lord Zimlich

Frit Fly - Gaurax dorsalis
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 14, 2012
Size: 2-3mm

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 16 May, 2012 - 6:23pm
Last updated 24 February, 2020 - 12:04pm

Moved
Moved from Gaurax.
… v belov, 21 May, 2012 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

Gaurax dorsalis
The colour pattern on the dorsal part of the thorax is the clue for G. dorsalis
… Terry Wheeler, 21 May, 2012 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Gaurax sp. --det. T.A. Wheeler
his comment: "Nice little chloropid; it's not a terribly abundant genus so it's always nice to find one. It's in the genus Gaurax (the wing venation is the giveaway). There are 20-odd described species in North America, and apparently at least that many undescribed species, so I'll resist putting a species name on it for now."

nice addition, your Bobship!! keep them coming. =v=

Moved from Grass Flies.
… v belov, 18 May, 2012 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
Love the Name
Gaurax is has a good regional, "South of I-10" sound about it. It must be said with a Cajun accent.
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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 18 May, 2012 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
my own accent will do, too
pretty name indeed -- quite befitting the glamorous looks of the critter
… v belov, 18 May, 2012 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… v belov, 16 May, 2012 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

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