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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Helcomyzidae » Helcomyza » Helcomyza mirabilis
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Dryomyzidae - Helcomyza mirabilis
Copyright © 2013 Austin Baker

Dryomyzidae - Helcomyza mirabilis
Lewis & Clark Natural History Park, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA
October 6, 2012
Size: 7-8 mm
From Bioblitz at Lewis & Clark NHP

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Contributed by Austin Baker on 18 January, 2013 - 8:22pm
Last updated 26 January, 2013 - 9:22pm

Moved
Moved from Flies. New species for the guide.
… John F. Carr, 26 January, 2013 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

 
how did you tell this apart
from Anorostoma, the heleomyzid?
… Keith Bayless, 27 January, 2013 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Various differences
I didn't compare at the time, but looking now I see the MND key says Anorostoma has "eye horizontally oval", not like this fly, and the illustration (fig. 4) does not show the projecting chin. Also note in this fly the constricted longitudinal veins at the crossvein and the different wing pattern.

On the species page I linked Melander's description of the species, which includes a photo on the second page.
… John F. Carr, 27 January, 2013 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… John F. Carr, 24 January, 2013 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

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