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Description: English: A female of Dohrniphora longirostrata decapitating an Odontomachus ant near Cabo Verde, Brazil. Date: 23 August 2014, 23:16:47. Source: Brown B, Kung G, Porras W (2015) A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4299. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299. Author: Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
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Description: English: A female of Dohrniphora longirostrata, lateral view. The long proboscis is used to decapitate ants. Date: 5 December 2014, 03:23:07. Source: Brown B, Kung G, Porras W (2015) A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4299. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299. Author: Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
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Description: English: Tip of female Dohrniphora longirostrata proboscis, which is used to separate an ant’s head from the rest of its body. Date: 27 July 2011, 08:38:42. Source: Brown B, Kung G, Porras W (2015) A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4299. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299. Author: Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
(photo by Inna Strazhnik) Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
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Description: English: An Odontomachus ant eating a captured Dohrniphora conlanorum female. Date: 25 February 2012, 16:37:15. Source: Brown B, Kung G, Porras W (2015) A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4299. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299. Author: (photo by Inna Strazhnik) Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
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Description: English: Female Aenigmatias sp. female from Diamond-X Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles Co., California, USA. Date:. Source: Own work. Author: Phoridae.
Description: English: adult male Puliciphora sp. Date: 7 December 2010. Source: Self-photographed. Author: S.E. Thorpe. NEW ZEALAND BP, Tauranga, Pahoia, Page Family Trust Orchard, 21 Francis Road, pan trap, 26 Mar-1 Apr 2009, J. Todd Licensing[edit] : This file is made available under the Creative CommonsCC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse.
Description: Not the best photograph but hopefully I'm right with the ID. These flies are usually very fast moving and not easy to photograph. Date: 2 June 2010, 10:02. Source: A Scuttle Fly. Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 54′ 33.27″ N, 3° 00′ 32.63″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.909242; -3.009063.
Description: English: Megaselia scalaris adult male terminalia. Date: 7 December 2010. Source: Self-photographed. Author: S.E. Thorpe. NEW ZEALAND BP, Tauranga, 553 Omanawa Road, Wandaria Ltd orchard, 15-2-I, intercept trap, Oct 2007, J. Todd Licensing[edit] : This file is made available under the Creative CommonsCC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse.
Description: Small black fly found on 26 Aug 2014 on bushes near River Fynn at Martlesham, East Suffolk, TM252473. Identified using the keys to British Phoridae in RES Vol 10.6 Scuttle Flies (RHL Disney, 1983). The photo shows a lateral view of the insect with an inset close-up of the face with the characteristically raised ocellar triangle and transversely elongated anterior ocellus. The face is about 1 mm across and the wing about 3.5 mm long. ID confirmed by Dr Tony Irwin, see www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thre... The larvae of this species parasitize the larvae of Bibio marci. This genus has the alternative name of Peromitra, though Borophaga is preferred in the UK. In the RES Handbook on Scuttle Flies by R H L Disney this species is described as "Widespread in lowlands of England". Under-recorded on the NBN Gateway where there is currently only one record for East Suffolk, logged at Flatford Mill by R H L Disney himself on 19 August 1981. Date: 18 September 2014, 21:57. Source: Borophaga incrassata. Author: Martin Cooper from Ipswich, UK. Camera location52° 04′ 41.19″ N, 1° 17′ 15.17″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 52.078108; 1.287546.
