Pseudotephritis approximata

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

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| image = Pseudotephritis approximata P1460463a.jpg

| genus = Pseudotephritis

| species = approximata

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| authority = Banks, 1914{{cite journal |last1=Banks |first1=N. |title=A new ortalid fly |journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |date=1914 |volume=16 |pages=138 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2597607#page/168/mode/1up |access-date=26 June 2022}}

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File:Pseudotephritis approximata P1420569a.jpg

File:Pseudotephritis approximata P1320879a.jpg

Pseudotephritis approximata is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Pseudotephritis of the family Ulidiidae.{{cite journal |last1=Kameneva |first1=Elena P. |last2=Korneyev |first2=Valery A. |title=Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification of the family |journal=Israel Journal of Entomology |date=2006 |volume=35-36 |pages=497–586 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Valery-Korneyev/publication/266332619_Myennidini_a_New_Tribe_of_the_Subfamily_Otitinae_Diptera_Ulidiidae_with_Discussion_of_the_Suprageneric_Classification_of_the_Family/links/54d4a38e0cf25013d029a0a2/Myennidini-a-New-Tribe-of-the-Subfamily-Otitinae-Diptera-Ulidiidae-with-Discussion-of-the-Suprageneric-Classification-of-the-Family.pdf |access-date=26 June 2022}}

File:Picture-winged fly (Pseudotephritis approximata) ovipositing.webm|Pseudotephritis approximata ovipositing into a log

File:Pseudotephritis approximata distribution.svg|Approximate distribution of Pseudotephritis approximata in the United States. States where the fly is found are shown in purple.