Posted by mariak on 27-01-2005 02:22
#1
tiny black fly. About 2-3mm
Harris county, Texas
From a Euphorbia plant in coastal prairie.
Any help welcomed
thanks
Maria
Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-01-2005 06:46
#2
Its is in the dance flies. In North America the hybotid and empid groups generally are still treated as a single family but this is one of the hybotids. I think it is a species of the
Drapetis/
Crossopalpus complex. Characters used to separate the groups in the Nearctic are different from those used in the Palaearctic. I will try to figure it out. ;)