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Eulonchus - male
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Eulonchus - Male
Santa Clara Divide Road, ~6300 ft., San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 15, 2007
Size: ~9 mm
Just a different view of the same specimen.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 10 December, 2007 - 11:25pm
Last updated 11 December, 2007 - 10:58am

Moved
Moved from Eulonchus halli.
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 December, 2007 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eulonchus.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 10 December, 2007 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

What a great picture! How did
What a great picture! How did you get it stand still for the picture? That white collar behind the head has me stumped!
… Dennis Haines, 10 December, 2007 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I should really go through
the rest of my pictures of this fly, to see what other surprises there might be. Just a lucky shot (used 'aperture priority' on this one (f16.0;1/200) Should look for this collar feature on the specimen.
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 December, 2007 - 12:22am login or register to post comments

 
It may be a dense patch of wh
It may be a dense patch of white hairs, but it looks too solid and well defined.
… Dennis Haines, 11 December, 2007 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

 
I looked at my specimens of E
I looked at my specimens of E. sierraensis and yes they do have the white tissue at the "pronotal collar". I think that when the specimens dry the "neck" shrinks, pulling the head in closer to the thorax. Also the fly has to be looking down to expose that area to view.
… Dennis Haines, 11 December, 2007 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
I have only one other image where this
shows, then disappears due to the change in perspective. More specimen from this and other areas should help to clear this up.
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 December, 2007 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

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