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| Stephen |
Posted on 13-11-2006 11:09
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
My first thought on this one was Drosophilidae, but if the antennae are plumose I can't see it. Any other possibilities? This is another fly at the Sugar Maple sap. Woodlands, West Virginia, USA, photographed 10 November 2006. Length about 3.5 mm. ID help appreciated! Stephen attached the following image:  [69.83Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 13-11-2006 11:11
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Dorsal view.
Stephen attached the following image:  [97.86Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 13-11-2006 11:13
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Lateral view.
Stephen attached the following image:  [104.21Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 13-11-2006 12:11
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19229 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Lauxaniidae. In the 'old' day this was Lyciella, but it could well be that this species is not Pseudolyciella.
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| Stephen |
Posted on 13-11-2006 13:32
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Ah, Lauxaniidae, that makes sense! Thank-you Paul. I'm didn't understand what you said about the genus. I did check Nomina Nearctica, and they list no Psuedolyciella and these two Nearctic species in Lyciella: Lyciella Collin 1948 Lyciella discolor Cresson 1920 (Sapromyza) Lyciella rorida Fallen 1820 (Sapromyza) --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 13-11-2006 14:40
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19229 Joined: 11.05.04 |
The genus was split...
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| Steve Gaimari |
Posted on 14-11-2006 00:11
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 Member Location: Sacramento, California, USA Posts: 169 Joined: 08.10.04 |
These pictures are of a species of Poecilolycia - probably P. annulata (Melander). I only suggest it is this species because it is the more common of the two species (P. annulata and P. browni (Curran)) that look identical except for the genitalia. Cheers, Steve  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 14-11-2006 08:09
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Thanks, Steve! I have only seen one species of that genus (P. vittata) and that one looks very different.
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but don't see the image in the post.