Interim list of the Brachycera (Diptera) of the Fathom Five Islands and the upper Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. This is part of an ongoing project to survey all insects of the upper Bruce Peninsula and adjacent islands, and I would welcome help from anyone interested in identifying particular taxa. Full data on the Fathom Five Island records will soon be published; the mainland database is still under development. The species list (but not the accompanying date/habitat/site data) will be periodically updated on this site. Some selected species are linked to image files; reproduction of these photographs is by written permission only (S.A. Marshall).

Most specimens were collected by S.A. Marshall; identifications are mostly by S.A. Marshall, B.J. Sinclair and Y. Cui, although many specialists (especially B.A. Foote, J.R. Vockeroth, and T.A. Wheeler) have helped out with determinations and confirmations.

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FAMILY	SPECIES
"LOWER BRACHYCERA" (all Brachycera except Muscoidea)
Acroceridae	Acrocera melanderi Cole
	Ogcodes melampus Loew
	Turbopsebius sulphuripes (Loew)
Asilidae	Asilus sp.
	Cyrtopogon sp.
	Cyrtopogon falto (Walker)
	Holcocephala abdominalis (Say)
	Leptogaster sp.
	Laphystia litoralis Curran
	Laphria posticata Say
	Laphria sacrator Walker
	Laphria sadales Walker
Bombyliidae	Bombylius major L.
	Dipalta banksi Johnson
	Hemipenthes sp.
	Lepidophora lutea Painter
	Villa sp.
Dolichopodidae	Argyra calcitrans Loew
	Campsicnemus hirtipes Loew
	Chrysotus sp.
	Chrysotus sp.
	Chrysotus choricus Wheeler
	Chrysotus ?obliquus Loew
	Chrysotus ?picticornis Loew
	Chrysotus tibialis Van Duzee
	Condylostylus caudatus (Wiedemann)
	Condylostylus patibulatus (Say)
	Condylostylus scaber (Loew)
	Diaphorus sp.
	Dolichopus sp.
	Dolichopus sp.
	Dolichopus brevimanus Loew
	Dolichopus cuprinus Wiedemann
	Dolichopus flagellitenens Wheeler
	Dolichopus gladius Van Duzee
	Dolichopus incongruus Wheeler
	Dolichopus longimanus Loew
	Dolichopus nigricornis Meigen
	Dolichopus omnivagus Van Duzee
	Dolichopus ?ovatus Loew
	Dolichopus plumipes (Scopoli)
	Dolichopus setifer Loew
	Dolichopus sincerus Melander
	Dolichopus ?trisetosus Van Duzee
	Dolichopus variabilis Loew
	Gymnopternus sp.
	Gymnopternus frequens Loew
	Gymnopternus nigribarbus Loew
	Hercostomus sp.
	Hydrophorus sp.
	Hydrophorus aestuum Loew
	Hydrophorus alboflorens (Walker)
	Hydrophorus amplectens Aldrich
	Hydrophorus chrysologus (Walker)
	Medetera sp.
	Neurigona aestiva Van Duzee
	Neurigona disjuncta Van Duzee
	Neurigona nitida
	Neurigona tenuis (Loew)
	Pelastoneurus proximus Aldrich
	Pelastoneurus vagans Loew
	Scellus ?exustus (Walker)
	Sympycnus sp.
	Tachytrechus sp.
	Tachytrechus vorax Loew
	Xanthochlorus helvinus Loew
Empididae	Anthalia sp.
	Bicellaria sp.
	Clinocera sp. 1
	Clinocera fuscipennis Loew
	Chelipoda contracta Melander
	Chelipoda elongata (Melander)
	Crossopalpus sp.
	Drapetis sp.
	Empis sp. 1
	Empis sp. 3
	Euhybus triplex (Walker)
	Euthyneura sp.
	Hemerodromia sp.
	Hilara sp.
	Hybos reversus Walker
	Iteaphila nitidula Zett.
	Leptopeza compta Coquillett
	Leptopeza ruficollis (Meigen)
	Megagrapha sp.
	Microphor sp.
	Neoplasta sp.
	Platypalpus spp.
	Rhamphomyia sp.
	Rhamphomyia sp. 1
	Rhamphomyia sp. 2
	Rhamphomyia sp. 3
	Rhamphomyia sp. 4
	Rhamphomyia sp. 5
	Rhamphomyia sp. 6
	Rhamphomyia sp. 7
	Rhamphomyia sp. 8
	Rhamphomyia sp. 9
	Rhamphomyia basalis Loew
	Rhamphomyia dimidiata Loew
	Syndyas sp.
	Syneches simplex Walker
	Stilpon curvipes Melander
	Tachydromia sp.
	Tachypeza sp.
Rhagionidae	Chrysopilus quadratus (Say)
	Rhagio mystaceus (Macquart)
Scenopinidae	Scenopinus fenestralis (L.)
Stratiomyidae	Allognosta sp.
	Caloparyphus tetraspilus (Loew)
	Euparyphus brevicornis Loew
	Nemotelus sp.
	Neopachygaster reniformis Hull
	Stratiomys badia Walker
	Stratiomys meigenii Wiedemann
	Stratiomys obesa Loew
Tabanidae	Chrysops aberrans Philip
	Chrysops cincticornis Walker
	Chrysops dawsoni Philip
	Chrysops excitans Walker
	Chrysops frigidus Osten Sacken
	Chrysops indus Osten Sacken
	Chrysops mitis Osten Sacken
	Chrysops univittatus Macquart
	Chrysops venus Philip
	Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann
	Hybomitra affinis (Kirby)
	Hybomitra arpadi (Szilády)
	Hybomitra astuta (Osten Sacken)
	Hybomitra epistates (Osten Sacken)
	Hybomitra frontalis (Walker)
	Hybomitra illota (Osten Sacken)
	Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart)
	Hybomitra microcephala (Osten Sacken)
	Hybomitra nitidifrons nuda (McDunnough)
	Hybomitra sodalis (Williston)
	Hybomitra zonalis (Kirby)
	Tabanus marginalis Fabricius
	Tabanus nigripes Wiedemann
	Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann
	Tabanus reinwardtii Wiedemann
	Tabanus similis Macquart
Therevidae	Ozodiceromya sp.
Xylophagidae	Xylophagus abdominalis Loew
	Xylophagus lugens Loew
ASCHIZA
Lonchopteridae	Lonchoptera furcata (Fallén
Phoridae	Megaselia spp.
	Gymnophora sp.
	Phora sp.
Pipunculidae	Cephalops sp.
	Eudorylas sp.
	Jassidophaga sp.
	Nephrocerus sp.
	Pipunculus hertzogi Rapp
	Tomosvaryella sp.
Platypezidae	Agathomyia sp.
	Bertamyia notata (Loew)
	Callomyia sp.
	Metaclythia currani Kessel
	Paraplatypeza sp.
	Platypeza sp.
	Seri dymka (Kessel)
Syrphidae	Allograpta obliqua (Say)
	Bacca elongata (Fabricius)
	Blera badia (Walker)
	Blera analis Macquart
	Brachyopa notatta Osten Sacken
	Brachyopa ferruginea (Fallén)
	Brachyopa n. sp.
	Chalcosyrphus vecors (Osten Sacken)
	Chalcosyrphus chalybia (Wiedemann)
	Chalcosyrphus libo (Walker)
	Chalcosyrphus interpreta Panzer
	Chalcosyrphus plesius (Curran)
	Chalcosyrphus piger (Fabricius)
	Cheilosia primoveris Shannon
	Cheilosia rita Curran
	Chrysotoxum derivatum Walker
	Chrysotoxum flavifrons Macquart
	Copestylum vesicularia (Curran)
	Eristalis bardus (Say)
	Eristalis bastardii Macquart
	Eristalis dimidiatus Wiedemann
	Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus)
	Eristalis transversus Wiedemann
	Eupeodes sp.
	Helophilus fasciatus Walker
	Helophilus borealis Staeger
	Heringia sp.
	Lejops lineatus Fabricius
	Melangyna sp.
	Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus)
	Meliscaeva cinctella (Zetterstedt)
	Microdon cothurnatus Bigot
	Orthonevra nitida Wiedemann
	Orthonevra anniae (Sedman)
	Orthonevra pulchella Williston
	Paragus haemorrhous Meigen
	Platycheirus spp.
	Platycheirus scambus (Staeger)
	Platycheirus hyperboreus (Staeger)
	Platycheirus modestus Ide
	Platycheirus obscurus (Say)
	Platycheirus quadratus (Say)
	Rhingia nasica Say
	Sericomyia chrysotoxoides Macquart
	Sericomyia lata (Coquillett)
	Sericomyia militaris Walker
	Sphaerophoria sp.
	Sphaerophoria asymmetrica Knutson
	Sphaerophoria contigua Macquart
	Sphaerophoria philanthus (Meigen)
	Sphecomyia vittata (Wiedemann)
	Sphegina lobulifera Malloch
	Spilomyia fusca Loew
	Spilomyia quadrifasciata (Say)
	Syrphus knabi Shannon
	Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus)
	Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken
	Syrphus vitripennis Meigen
	Temnostoma alternans Loew
	Temnostoma balyras (Walker)
	Temnostoma barberi Shannon
	Temnostoma vespiforme (Linnaeus)
	Toxomerus geminatus (Say)
	Toxomerus marginatus (Say)
	Xylota sp.
	Xylota confusa Shannon
	Xylota bigelowi (Curran)
	Xylota triventris Loew
	Xylota hinei (Curran)
	Xylota annulifera Bigot
	Xylota subfasciata Loew
	Xylota maculata Loew
ACALYPTRATAE
Acartophthalmidae	Acartophthalmus bicolor Oldenberg
Agromyzidae	unidentified
Anthomyzidae	Anthomyza sp. 1
	Anthomyza sp. 2
	Anthomyza sp. 3
	Anthomyza sp. 4
	Anthomyza sp. 5
	Ischnomyia spinosa Hendel
	Mumetopia occipitalis Melander
	Stiphrosoma sp. 1
	Stiphrosoma sp. 2
Asteiidae	Leiomyza sp.
Aulacigastridae	Aulacigaster neoleucopeza Mathis
Carnidae	Meoneura vagans (Fallén)
Chamaemyiidae	Plunomia transversa Malloch
	Chamaemyia sp.
	Leucopis (Leucopis) sp
Chloropidae	Biorbitella sp.
	Chlorops sp.
	Conioscinella sp.
	Diplotoxa sp.
	Elachiptera ?pechumani Sabrosky
	Elachiptera nr. penita (Adams)
	Epichlorops sp.
	Eribolus longulus (Loew)
	Eribolus nanus (Zetterstedt)
	Gaurax sp.
	Incertella sp.
	Liohippelates sp.
	Melanochaeta sp.
	Olcella sp.
	Oscinisoma alienum (Becker)
	Parectecephala sp.
	Pseudopachychaeta sp.
	Psilacrum arpidia (Malloch)
	Siphonella oscinina (Fallén)
	Stenoscinis sp.
	Thaumatomyia glabra (Meigen)
	Thaumatomyia ?pulla (Adams)
	Tricimba sp.
Clusiidae	Clusia czernyi Johnson
	Clusia lateralis (Walker)
	Clusiodes apiculatus Malloch
	Clusiodes ater Melander and Argo
	Clusiodes caestus Caloren
	Clusiodes clandestinus Caloren
	Clusiodes johnsoni Malloch
	Clusiodes melanostomus (Loew)
	Sobarocephala setipes Melander & Argo
Conopidae	Physocephala furcillata (Williston)
Curtonotidae	Curtonotum helvum (Loew)
Diastatidae	Diastata sp.
Drosophilidae	Amiota sp.
	Chymomyza sp.
	Drosophila sp.
	Scaptomyza sp.
	Stegana sp.
	Stegana coleoptrata (Scopoli)
Dryomyzidae	Dryomyza anilis Fallén
Ephydridae	unidentified
Heleomyzidae	Allophyla atricornis (Meigen)
	Amoebaleria sp.
	Amoebaleria defessa (Osten Sacken)
	Amoebaleria helvola (Loew)
	Heleomyza bisetata (Garrett)
	Heteromyza oculata Fallén
	Scoliocentra fraterna Loew
	Spanoparea ?walkeri Garrett
	Suillia sp.
	Suillia barberi (Darlington)
	Suillia loewi Garrett
	Suillia nemorum (Meigen)
Lauxaniidae	Camptoprosopella sp.
	Homoneura houghii (Coquillett)
	Homoneura johnsoni Miller
	Lauxania cylindricornis (Fabricius)
	Minettia lupulina (Fabricius)
	Minettia (Frendelia) sp.
	Poecilolyeia sp.
	Poecilolycia ?browni (Curran)
	Poecilominettia sp.
	Sapromyza hyalinata (Meigen)
	Sapromyza rotundicornis Loew
Lonchaeidae	Lonchaea sp.
Micropezidae	Compsobata univitatta (Walker)
Milichiidae	Madiza glabra Fallén
	Neophyllomyza quadricornis Melander
	Paramyia nitens (Loew)
	Pholeomyia sp.
Odiniidae	Odinia betulae Sabrosky
Otitidae	Chaetopsis massyla (Walker)
	Herina sp.
	Homalocephala albitarsis Zetterstedt
	Otites bimaculata (Hendel)
Pallopteridae	Toxoneura superba (Loew)
Piophilidae	Parapiophila sp.
Psylidae	Loxocera sp.
	Psila sp.
Sciomyzidae	Antichaeta spp.
	Antichaeta melanosoma Melander
	Atrichomelina pubera (Loew)
	Dictya sp.
	Dictya gel Steyskal
	Dictya laurentiana Steyskal
	Dictya panea Steyskal
	Dictya pictipes (Loew)
	Dictya steyskali Valley
	Elgiva solicita (Harris)
	Euthycera arcuata (Loew)
	Limnia spp.
	Limnia boscii (Robineau-Desvoidy)
	Limnia fitchi Steyskal
	Limnia loewi Steyskal
	Limnia ottawensis Melander
	Limnia sparsa (Loew)
	Pherbellia albovaria (Coquillett)
	Pherbellia nana (Fallén)
	Pherbellia tenuipes (Loew)
	Poecilographa decora (Loew)
	Pteromicra sphenura Steyskal
	Renocera amanda Cresson
	Renocera brevis (Cresson)
	Sepedon sp.
	Sepedon borealis Steyskal
	Sepedon fuscipennis Loew
	Tetanocera annae Steyskal
	Tetanocera clara Loew
	Tetanocera ferruginea Fallén
	Tetanocera fuscinervis (Zett.)
	Tetanocera melanostigma Steyskal
	Tetanocera montana Day
	Tetanocera nanciae Brimley
	Tetanocera plebeja Loew
	Tetanocera plumosa Loew
	Tetanocera rotundicornis Loew
	Tetanocera valida Loew
	Tetanocera vicina Macquart
	Tetanocera phyllophora Melander
	Sciomyza aristalis Coquillett
Sepsidae	Enicomira minor (Haliday)
	Sepsis spp.
Sphaeroceridae	Coproica urbana Richards
	Copromyza equina Fallén
	Copromyza neglecta (Malloch)
	Dahlimosina dahli (Duda)
	Gonioneura spinipennis (Haliday)
	Leptocera sp.
	Leptocera pararoralis Duda
	Lotophila atra (Meigen)
	Minilimosina parva (Malloch)
	Opalimosina mirabilis (Collin)
	Phthitia empirica (Hutton)
	Phthitia plumosula (Rondani)
	Rachispoda sp.
	Rachispoda limosa (Fallén)
	Rachispoda lutosa (Stenhammar)
	Rudolfina undescribed sp.
	Sclerocoelus sordipes (Adams)
	Spelobia bumamma Marshall
	Spelobia brevipteryx Marshall
	Spelobia clunipes (Meigen)
	Spelobia luteilabris (Rondani)
	Spelobia ochripes (Meigen)
	Spelobia pappi Roháek
	Spelobia quinata Marshall
	Svarciella vitripennis (Zetterstedt)
	Svarciella intercepta Marshall
	Terrilimosina pexa Marshall
	Xenolimosina sicula Marshall
Strongylophthalmyiidae	Strongylophthalmyia angustipennis Melander
Tanypezidae	Tanypeza longimana Fallén
Tephritidae	Eurosta solidaginis (Fitch)
	Euaresta sp.
CALYPTRATAE
Anthomyiidae	Eremomyia sp.
	Hydrophoria sp.
	Nupedia sp.
	Pegomya sp.
Calliphoridae	Calliphora sp.
	Cynomya cadaverina (Robineau-Desvoidy)
	Opsodexia bicolor (Coquillett)
	Phaenicia sp.
	Phormia regina (Meigen)
	Pollenia sp.
Cuterebridae	Cuterebra fontinella Clark
Muscidae	unidentified
	Azelia cilipes (Haliday)
	Brontaea arcuata (Stein)
	Coenosia sp
	Coenosia atrata Walker
	Coenosia compressa Stein
	Coenosia lata Walker
	Coenosia mollicula (Fallén)
	Coenosia pallipes Stein
	Coenosia tigrina (Fabricius)
	Caricea erythrocera R-D
	Fannia spathiophora Malloch
	Fannia spp.
	Graphomya alaskensis Arntfield
	Graphomya americana Robineau-Desvoidy
	Graphomya idessa (Walker)
	Helina sp. 1
	Helina sp. 2
	Helina pectinata (Johannsen)
	Helina rufitibia (Stein)
	Hebecnema vespertina (Fallén)
	Hydrotaea sp.
	Hydrotaea militaris (Meigen)
	Limnophora discreta Stein
	Limnophora narona (Walker)
	Lispoides aequifrons (Stein)
	Lispe sp.
	Lispe albitarsis Stein
	Lispe nasoni Stein
	Lispe tentaculata (DeGeer)
	Macrorchis ausoba (Walker)
	Mesembrina latreillii Robineau-Desvoidy
	Musca autumnalis DeGeer
	Musca domestica L
	Muscina levida (Harris)
	Muscina pascuorum (Meigen)
	Mydaea electa (Zettersdedt)
	Mydaea occidentalis Malloch
	Myospila meditabunda (Fabricius)
	Neodexiopsis ovata Stein
	Pentacricia aldrichii Stein
	Phaonia sp. 1
	Phaonia ?winnemanae Malloch
	Phaonia near albocalyptrata Malloch
	Phaonia apicata Johannsen
	Phaonia flavibasis Malloch
	Phaonia flavitibia (Johannsen)
	Phaonia serva (Meigen)
	Phaonia soccata (Walker)
	Phaonia tipulivora Malloch
	Pseudolimnophora nigripes (Robineau-Desvoidy)
	Schoenomyza dorsalis Loew
	Spilogona alticola (Malloch)
	Spilogona suspecta (Malloch)
	Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus)
	Thricops innocuus (Zetterstedt)
	Thricops diaphanus (Wiedemann)
Sarcophagidae	(Miltogramminae)
	(Sarcophaginae)
	Brachicoma sp.
	Erythandra sp.
	Metopia sp.
Scathophagidae	Chylizosoma vittata (Meigen)
	Chaetosa palpalis (Coquillett)
	Chaetosa punctipes (Meigen)
	Cordilura dimidita (Cresson)
	Cordilura gracilipes Loew
	Cordilura latifrons Loew
	Cordilura munda Loew
	Cordilura rufipes Meigen
	Cordilura varipes (Walker)
	Cordilurella nana Loew
	Cordylurella nebulosa (Coquillett)
	Hydromyza confluens Loew
	Megaphthalma pallida (Fallén)
	Microprosopa flavinervis Malloch
	Neochirosia nuda (Malloch)
	Scatophaga stercoraria (L.)
	Scatophaga furcata (Say)
	Scatophaga suilla (Fabricius)
	Spaziphora cincta (Loew)
Tachinidae	unidentified
	Admontia sp.
	Actia interrupta Curran
	Aphria ocypterata Townsend
	Archytas sp.
	Blondelia hyphantriae (Tothill)
	Campylochaeta sp.
	Eumea caesar (Aldrich)
	Euscopolia dakotensis Townsend
	Euthera sp.
	Gymnoclytia sp.
	Gymnosoma par Walker
	Exorista sp.
	Hemyda aurata Robineau-Desvoidy
	Leschenaultia exul (Townsend)
	Lypha sp.
	Medina sp.
	Microphthalma sp.
	Oswaldia aurifrons (Townsend)
	Pararchytas sp.
	Phryxe pecosensis (Townsend)
	Siphona sp.
	Uramya sp.

Last updated:  21\xii\1998
Comments to: S.A. Marshall