Justin Runyon @jus10runyon - Twitter Profile

over 6 years ago

@Bertonemyia @flygirlNHM @BioInFocus Nice. Looks like a female Chrysotus. It's one of the species with neon-yellow halteres. I'll check my material from the VI and let you know if I can figure out which species.

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Justin Runyon @Jus10Runyon

over 6 years ago

@Myrmecos I spy what appears to be a triungulin of some sort on the antenna

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Justin Runyon @Jus10Runyon

almost 7 years ago

@Bertonemyia It's Dolichopodinae, probably Dolichopus

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Justin Runyon @Jus10Runyon

almost 7 years ago

@Bertonemyia Fantastic, such great lighting! He is following her, and I'd like to think they found love even if for only a few minutes

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Jun-Ho Lee

@jhlee_Phorid

Studying Diptera, especially Phoridae Insect Taxonomy Lab in Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea

Justin Runyon @Jus10Runyon

almost 7 years ago

All this political madness, ugh. Here's a fly with a mustache. Chrysotus mystax (Alabama). #Diptera #Dolichopodidae

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Justin Runyon @Jus10Runyon

almost 7 years ago

@Bertonemyia @NCSU_DEPP @BBlaimer A couple years ago I saw one of these ovipositing into a mountain pine beetle-killed lodgepole pine, realized what it was, didn't have a vial so dumped my sandwich and used the baggie to collect it. Looked later and this might be the only record for the family in Wyoming!

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Justin Runyon @Jus10Runyon

almost 7 years ago

@rosscwinton @flygirlNHM @Myrmecos Don't know about flies in general, but dolichopodids are surprisingly poorly documented in Texas: just 79 species recorded (9 known only from Texas). Nebraska has about twice this number - I mean c'mon Texas, you gonna let Nebraska beat you? #Dolichopodidae

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