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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Xylophagidae » Xylophagus » Subgenus Xylophagus (Xylophagus Subgenus Xylophagus) » Xylophagus gracilis
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Fly - Xylophagus gracilis
Copyright © 2014 Matt Goff

Fly - Xylophagus gracilis
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
April 18, 2014
I think this is a fly,but not one I remember seeing before. It seems relatively large (squares are .5cm). (Date is from when photo taken - initial collection was probably at least a couple of days before.)

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Contributed by Matt Goff on 19 April, 2014 - 2:01am
Last updated 2 June, 2014 - 12:27pm

Moved
Moved from Xylophagus.
… v belov, 2 June, 2014 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

#deleted
accidental move
… Matt Goff, 2 June, 2014 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Xylophagus.
… Matt Goff, 2 June, 2014 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Xylophagidae: Xylophagus gracilis
Xylophagidae: Xylophagus gracilis
… Norm Woodley, 2 June, 2014 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
Hi,
I notice that this specimen seems to have a glossy band dorsal to the antennae. Wouldn't that rule out gracilis?

Thanks for your time.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 4 August, 2021 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Also, the description of grac
Also, the description of gracilis says that the legs of the male are entirely fuscous, but the fore basitarsi here are a lighter color; is Webb's description just mistyped?
… Zachary Dankowicz, 4 August, 2021 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

do you happen to have the capture date? pls fill in
sending pics to Dr Woodley
… v belov, 23 May, 2014 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. Xylophagus, maybe an interesting species since it is from up in Alaska
… Keith Bayless, 1 May, 2014 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks-
I still have the fly (though it is no longer alive) - is there something I could try to get a photo of that could help get it to species, or would that involve microscopic work?
… Matt Goff, 2 May, 2014 - 1:25am login or register to post comments

 
laterally and anteriorly could help
Try to show the hind legs, particularly the coxa, and the face
… Keith Bayless, 2 May, 2014 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 19 April, 2014 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

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