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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Lauxanioidea » Lauxaniidae » Homoneura » Subgenus Tarsohomoneura (Homoneura Subgenus Tarsohomoneura) » Homoneura americana
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Fly - Homoneura americana - male
Copyright © 2014 John Rosenfeld

Fly - Homoneura americana - Male
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 29, 2014

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 5 June, 2014 - 9:08pm
Last updated 24 September, 2014 - 11:29pm

Homoneura (Tarsohomoneura) americana (Wiedeman), male
Moved from Subgenus Tarsohomoneura. ID'd from specimen using Miller 1977. Specimen a photo-voucher.

Thanks to Charley Eiseman, who kindly forwarded me a copy of Miller's paper.
… Brad Barnd, 24 September, 2014 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

Homoneura (Tarsohomoneura) sp., male
Moved from Lauxaniidae. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks John.

Its not really visible in the angle of your photos, but the hind tarsomeres are black and white, with the second tarsomere distinctly dilated. Quite striking.

This male keys to Homoneura (Tarsohomoneura) compedita Loew (sensu Malloch & McAtee 1924 and Shewell 1938), which was moved into synonymy with H. americana (Wiedemann) in Stone et al. (1). However, there is a more recent revision of this genus, Miller 1977. I don't have a copy and it's not online, and I would rather wait to see it before placing to species.
… Brad Barnd, 21 September, 2014 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

 
I added a shot
with a little better focus on the hind tarsomeres, still a little blurry but it does show the dilated tarsomere. Thanks.
… John Rosenfeld, 22 September, 2014 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 12 August, 2014 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

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