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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Conophorini » Conophorus » Conophorus sackenii
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Beefly ? - Conophorus sackenii - female
Copyright © 2008 Beth Sands

Beefly ? - Conophorus sackenii - Female
Silver lake, Amador County, California, USA
June 21, 2008
Size: 1 cm
This little guy was found hovering about irradically near flowers on the forest floor at the 7200 foot elevation . It landed on the rocks when the clouds threatened rain ... luckily for me . He is cute and fuzzy and did not seem to bother people at all . Thanks for any help in his i.d.
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Contributed by Beth Sands on 22 June, 2008 - 12:04am
Last updated 14 January, 2016 - 11:27am

Moved
Moved from Conophorus.

Keys to C. sackenii in Hall & Evenuuis(1) and agrees with description (for female, from well-separated eyes) and range given there. In particular, the 1st antennal segment is more than 1/2 the length of the entire antenna; the scutellum does not appear to be shiny; and the wing infuscation agrees exactly with that described for sackenii in Hall & Evenhuis(1).
… Aaron Schusteff, 14 January, 2016 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Joel Kits, 16 July, 2008 - 12:37am login or register to post comments

ID
This is Conophorus (Diptera: Bombyliidae) but I can't get to species right now.
… Andy Calderwood, 22 June, 2008 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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