KAREN'S GALLERY (est. 2005)

Keroplatidae - tiny upturned-abdomen fly-thingie (likely genus Proceroplatus)

2012-8-14, PL, DE

Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Predatory Fungus Gnats (Keroplatidae) » Orfeliini » Proceroplatus

Robert Zimlich posted a picture of a similar in ID request that he was going to frass.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/923111/bgimage
Brad Barnd said: probably Mycetophilidae or related family
and
John Carr chimed in with: Keroplatidae
which eventually led me to: Proceroplatus
and finally this picture which is still very iffy as it relates to my fly thingie, but in the realm of possibility, and, as usual, I could be spectacularly wrong!:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/795904

Oh, and to make matters worse, it isn't as if this thing was more than small enough. No. Up in the right-hand corner is a tiny wasp. Good grief.

(UPDATE 2016-5-10: On 9 May, 2016 Chris Borkent ID'd Robert's picture as Proceroplatus elegans.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/923111/bgimage
I can't go as far as species for mine, but Proceroplatus is a little more likely now.)

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