Mystery Fly - Neostenoptera appalachiensis Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA July 15, 2006
Possibly undescribed Cecidomyiidae. I have a few specimens for anyone interested in doing some formal work.
The flies were emergent from decay class II wood (still structurally sound, but loss of bark, some staining from fungi) that was between 2 and 10 inches in diameter. We collected it a little ways down a Quite Walkway just past Sugarlands in April (Sample SN34A). This fly is from the 24 June - 15 July sample, so apparently they were eggs or larvae in April.
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