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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies (Sciomyzidae) » Tetanocerini » Dictya
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Marsh Fly - Dictya
Copyright © 2012 Lynette Elliott

Marsh Fly - Dictya
Naches Trail Preserve, Pierce County, Washington, USA
June 1, 2012
On the cattails over by the road.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 1 June, 2012 - 5:28pm
Last updated 16 September, 2023 - 12:01pm

Moved
Moved from Hoplodictya spinicornis.
… Chris Angell, 16 September, 2023 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Marsh Flies.
… v belov, 10 August, 2012 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

Hoplodictya spinicornis
Looks like a member of Dictya except for the oval eye, which is quite distinctive. Only one species of Hoplodictya is known from the West, so this is a process of elimination.
… Bill Murphy (William L.), 10 August, 2012 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Hoplodictya spinicornis
Thank you both!
… Lynette Elliott, 10 August, 2012 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Hoplodictya
which has 2 fronto-orbitals and 3 dorsocentrals. This fly has 1 and 2 respectively, making this a Dictya species.
… Chris Angell, 16 September, 2023 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 22 June, 2012 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

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