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 I'm thinking Lauxaniid
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| Stephen |
Posted on 15-07-2006 17:45
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Looking through lots of images, Lauxaniidae looks like the best match to me. I particularly found some photos of genus Minettia that looked similar. These flies seemed to be everywhere here earlier this Spring. This photo was taken in late May. Location: West Virginia, USA, woodlands. Stephen attached the following image:  [55.87Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 15-07-2006 18:35
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19375 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It is indeed [Minettia. It very much resembles M. lupulina and [/i]M. desmometopa[/i] of the Palaearctic (the black posterior margin of the scutellum and a dark silver grey thorax).
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