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Common Name:
Lesser Dung Fly

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Acalyptratae (No Taxon)
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily: Limosininae
Tribe:
Species:
Thoracochaeta brachystoma?

Hodges No:

Location:
Calvert Vaux Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Date: 3/12/11

Stage:
Sex:
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Thoracochaeta brachystoma? Sphaeroceridae
Lesser Dung Fly
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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