Moved from Diogmites angustipennis.

is a mess that DNA will eventually have to clear up. But second, I think I owe apologies for bad or misleading advice on this one. At this date I don't know what I had in mind when I made those comments about bristle color, but I think it was for that particular individual you cite, and was not meant as a general statement. I think most of the yellowy Diogmites have yellow bristles on the first abdominal segment, and in that case I meant to distinguish it from some darker species (basalis, discolor, platypterus) that have black bristles there. Anyway, this species here from Georgia (angustipennis does not appear to extend much east of Louisiana) seems to me to key out to D. properans (using Artigas's key to Eastern Diogmites). (The advantage of these perfect photos means it is practical to key from photographs.) So with embarrassment, I am moving it there. N.L.

Moved from Robber Flies.

D. angustipennis was not listed for AR originally but we now know they are the most common Diogmites in my state and, in fact, occur in my front yard. This is D. angustipennis. Beware of D. symmachus and a D. new species as you move westward towards TX and perhaps LA.