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 California heleomyzid - Pseudoleria male? >>> Pseudoleria sp.
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:36
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Hi all - I captured this 3-4 mm heleomyzid male in a pitfall trap in the Mojave desert in mid-October of this year. It seems to key pretty easily to Pseudoleria in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera, but I was hoping someone could confirm or correct my ID? Thanks! Ken Schneider San Francisco, CA kschnei1000 attached the following image:  [175.08Kb] Edited by kschnei1000 on 29-11-2021 02:24 |
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:46
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Face. Sorry, having trouble adding photos, hopefully not posting many duplicates...
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:48
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Lateral head.
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:49
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Wing.
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:51
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Lateral thorax - anepimeron/pteropleuron with prominent bristles.
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:54
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Mid tibia with several apical bristles, but no proximal bristles.
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:56
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Scutum.
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:57
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Prosternum appears bare.
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 26-11-2021 17:59
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Basitarsus with small protuberance distally, mentioned in Gill 1962 for Pseudoleria.
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 26-11-2021 20:48
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2358 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Yes! It is!
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| kschnei1000 |
Posted on 29-11-2021 02:24
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Member Location: California, USA Posts: 50 Joined: 26.01.21 |
Andrzej wrote: Yes! It is! Thanks Andrzej! |
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