Minettia lupulina Fabricius, 1787    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Lauxaniidae   >   Genus Minettia   

Description:

Thorax including scutellum densely gray pruinescent; scutellum with black margin; abdomen yellow without dark markings; fore and mid femora and fore tibia mostly black; halteres yellow. (BugGuide)

Where to find:

Holarctic; in North America from tree line south to Arizona and North Carolina. (BugGuide)

There are 4 records in the project database.

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Minettia lupulina in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/5/2012). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Minettia lupulina in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/4/2012). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Minettia lupulina in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/4/2019). Determined by John Carr/BugGuide. Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

A Minettia lupulina in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). Determined by John F. Carr/BugGuide. Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)


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