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Subfamily Limosininae

Brachypterous sphaerocerid - Spelobia typhlops Limosininae? Bitheca boleta - female unknown Diptera Seaweed Fly - Thoracochaeta johnsoni - female fly on mushroom - Coproica Acalyptratae Fly 2-3mm
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea
Family Sphaeroceridae (Lesser Dung Flies)
Subfamily Limosininae
Identification
Distinguished from other North American Sphaeroceridae by the incomplete veins M and CuA1 ending far from the wing margin.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 15 February, 2007 - 4:18am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 16 April, 2014 - 7:01am

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