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Unknown Diptera - Pegomya bicolor - male
Copyright © 2014 Antonio Liberta

Unknown Diptera - Pegomya bicolor - Male
Highbridge Park, New York County, New York, USA
April 17, 2014
Tachinid?

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Contributed by Antonio Liberta on 18 April, 2014 - 8:36am
Last updated 18 April, 2014 - 4:22pm

Pegomya bicolor
Anthomyiidae expert Michael Ackland placed this in the Pegomya bicolor species group. The photo showing the 5th sternite is helpful for Anthomyiidae. Location and color seem to limit the possible species to P. bicolor itself, though certainty may require dissection.
… John F. Carr, 18 April, 2014 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Muscoidea.
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