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Specimens were collected at the Palmyra Atoll in 2016 and identified by Dr. Matthew Bertone

Nematocera

Chironomidae
Clunio sp.
cf. Smittia sp.
Chironomus crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916
Thalassomya setosipennis Wirth, 1947
Ceratopogonidae
Dasyhelea sp.
Scatopsidae
Psectrosciara brevicornis Johannsen
Rhegmoclema sp.
Colobostema sp.
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Psychodidae
​Psychoda sp.
Limoniidae
Sarcophaga (Alisarcophaga) gressitti Hall & Bohart, 1948
Sarcophaga (Boettcherisca) peregrina (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)​
Culicidae
Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823​
Cecidomyiidae
cf. Neostenoptera
​Coquillettomyia sp.
Mycophila sp.
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Sciaridae
Bradysia sp.

Orthorrhapha

Stratiomyidae
​Cephalochrysa maxima
Dolichopodidae
Chrysosoma complicatum
Chrysotus cockerelllae
Chrysosoma molestum

​Thinophilus sp.

Aschiza

Syrphidae
​Syritta aenigmatopatria Hardy, 1964​
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Phoridae
Chonocephalus sp.
Dohrniphora cornuta

Calyptrate

Muscidae
Atherigona orientalis  (Schiner) ​
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Fanniidae
Fannia pusio
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Hippoboscidae
Olfersia aenescens Thomson, 1869
Ornithoica vicina 
 (Walker, 1849)​
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Sarcophagidae
Sarcophaga (Alisarcophaga) gressitti Hall & Bohart, 1948
Sarcophaga (Boettcherisca) peregrina (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
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Acalyptrate

Ephydridae
Canacidae
Chyromyidae
​Gymnochiromyia hawaiiensis Hardy, 1980
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Chloropidae
Sphaeroceridae
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