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Another Eulonchus? (Family: Acroceridae) - Eulonchus
Copyright © 2004 Aaron Schusteff

Another Eulonchus? (Family: Acroceridae) - Eulonchus
On Cerro Noreste Road (~3.4 mi west of Quatal Canyon Road), Kern County, California, USA
June 1, 2004
I believe this is another Eulonchus sp. (Diptera: Acroceridae). It's similar to . It was photographed nectaring on Monardella lanceolata at around 5000 ft elevation in the San Emigdio Mountains.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 17 August, 2007 - 1:11am
Last updated 10 December, 2007 - 4:41pm

Were you at the base of the s
Were you at the base of the steep slope or in the open brush fields as you approach the base of the hills?
… Dennis Haines, 8 December, 2007 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Precise Location
These photos were taken along the north side of Cerro Noroeste Rd within a few hundred feet of latitude 34.8721 N and longitude 119.28012 W, at an elevation of ~5170 ft. Using "TOPO!" software I estimate the photo location to be ~3.4 miles west from the junction of Cerro Noroeste Rd with Quatal Canyon Road. [This is a correction from my earlier (poor) "guestimate" of 2 km]. The location is on the straight-away in the road just east of a grassland opening in the surrounding chaparral/woodland which is labeled "Cowhead Potrero" on the USGS topo map of the area. Hope that helps you (and Hartmut) if you get a chance to look for this Eulonchus.
… Aaron Schusteff, 10 December, 2007 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Very interesting!
To get nectar in the relatively deep corolla of this Monardella this fly must also have a pretty long proboscis. These are fascinating flies, and since I'm frequently in the Western Transverse Ranges I should find them next year.
Input on this page by Dennis and Martin very informative, glad I visited. And this makes at least one more who'd like to see Schlinger's revision of the West Coast species!
… Hartmut Wisch, 7 December, 2007 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

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