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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Stiletto Flies (Therevidae) » Ozodiceromyia
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Mydas or Robber fly - Ozodiceromyia
Copyright © 2008 tdmartin2000

Mydas or Robber fly - Ozodiceromyia
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
May 25, 2008
Size: 1.5 - 2 cm
My front yard 9 AM
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Contributed by tdmartin2000 on 25 May, 2008 - 10:57pm
Last updated 11 June, 2008 - 6:17pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 11 June, 2008 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

Neither
Probably a stilleto fly (Therevidae)
… Matt Bertone, 26 May, 2008 - 2:15am login or register to post comments

 
Therevidae is right. The genu
Therevidae is right. The genus is Ozodiceromyia - from this angle, it is either O. notata, O. argentata, or O. flavipennis. A head-on view of the frons can usually differentiate them (although it is subtle).
… Steve Gaimari, 3 June, 2008 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
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