[Taxacom] Sargasso sea flies (Diptera)

[Doug Yanega]

>I have a ornithologist friend who is desperate to know what species 
>of fly he is finding in huge numbers in the Sargasso sea.  It
>apparently breeds there.  Might anyone suggest a taxon?

About the only fly family including multiple genuinely marine taxa I 
know of would be the Chironomidae, so that would be the logical prime 
suspect. I sort of doubt that Coelopids (seaweed flies) could live in 
open water, and, likewise, Ephydrids and Canaceids also seem a little 
iffy - but that would be my short list.

Peace,
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