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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Lestomyia
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Robber Fly and prey - Lestomyia
Copyright © 2005 Bill Johnson

Robber Fly and prey - Lestomyia
Catalina State Park, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 2, 2005
Any one know if this robber fly is specific to the Arizona desert area around Tucson?
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 28 April, 2005 - 12:01am
Last updated 29 March, 2006 - 1:29pm

Lestomyia
This is a female of Lestomyia eating a Syrphid.
Eric Fisher
… Martin Hauser, 29 March, 2006 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

AZ robbers
AZ and NM have a massive robber list. The closer you get to California (which is robber fly central) the longer the list gets. And a large part of the AZ list is made up of Efferia species. Many of the SW species are limited only to that area. This is not an Efferia due to the antennae shape. Unfortunately I can take you no farther at this time. Eric Fisher might make a highly educated guess.
… Herschel Raney, 16 June, 2005 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

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