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 Autumn Asilid from arid New Mexico
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| Stephen |
Posted on 18-12-2010 00:24
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
I would very much appreciate ID help with this handsome fly. 16 mm long to apex of wing. 2 October 2007. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge near Socorro, New Mexico. Stephen attached the following image:  [103.65Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 18-12-2010 00:27
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
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Stephen attached the following image:  [103.37Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 18-12-2010 00:29
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Stephen attached the following image:  [100.94Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 18-12-2010 04:38
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 Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
Efferia female (which are tough to identify!). Seems to be E. kelloggi (though has more white bristles than typical for that sp.). A member of the pogonias sp. group (like kelloggi) -- based on the apex of the ovipositor -- which is split and upturned at the tip. |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 18-12-2010 12:48
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Eric, Thanks very much for your help!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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