Posted by Steve Scholnick on 09-03-2019 06:13
#1
Not much to go on with only one photo but I think this is a milichiid in the genus
Pholeomyia. Thanks for the help
Edited by Steve Scholnick on 09-03-2019 06:13
Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-03-2019 09:20
#2
It most likely is as there is no Nearctic
Milichia species (of which this picture reminds me of).
Posted by Steve Scholnick on 12-03-2019 15:12
#4
Thanks Paul!. Nomina Insecta Nearctica lists one
Milichia species,
Milichia aethiops, but the Manual of the Nearctic Diptera says that’s a “southwestern” species.
I wish I had a lateral photo but the fly was on the other side of fence. I interpreted the bristles on the sides of the thorax as the ones MND says should be on the posterior anepisternum and that distinguish
Pholeomyia from
Milichia
Edited by Steve Scholnick on 12-03-2019 15:15