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| mariak |
Posted on 18-05-2005 18:10
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Member Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 21 Joined: 26.01.05 |
This fly was caught at the end of April 2002. It is approx. 4 mm in length from head to wingtip. Head to body is 2 mm. It has 3 ocelli on top of its head. The tarsi are five-segmented (I think). In the image the right-hand fly dried kind of funny (I don't think this is its natural posture). I would really appreciate any help in identifying this fly! Thanks, Maria  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-05-2005 19:28
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19375 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Hello Maria, This is a louse fly, family Hippoboscidae. They are all external parasites on vertebrates, mainly mammals and birds. I have no experience at all with the Nearctic ones, but I expect it is closest to one of the deer louse flies, genus Lipoptena. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| mariak |
Posted on 18-05-2005 20:02
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Member Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 21 Joined: 26.01.05 |
It's a pretty cool looking fly, and not something I'd encountered before. I found out that they give birth to live young.  Maria |
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