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Charcoal gray Mojave muscid --> Anthomyiidae
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Posted on 03-04-2022 19:21
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 Hi all,

I collected this 5-mm muscid in the Mojave desert of California in a pitfall trap in early February of this year. Using Huckett 1975, it keys easily to Phaoninae, but I had trouble keying it to genus - got tentatively to Pogonomyia, but that doesn't seem right. Any ID help would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Ken
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 Hind leg with three posterodorsal spines
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 Sorry - can't seem to resize my images of the face and close up of the lateral thorax and head small enough to be posted here...
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 Link to all six specimen images at iNaturalist here:

https://www.inatu.../110323556
 
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 thanks John - darn, did it again - keep forgetting which vein doesn't get to the wing margin in Muscidae, sorry all.
 
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