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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Heteropogon
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Robber Fly - Heteropogon
Copyright © 2008 Mike Quinn

Robber Fly - Heteropogon
south Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 3, 2008
At lights in a small mesic patch under an oak-willow canopy...
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 22 November, 2008 - 2:26pm
Last updated 24 November, 2008 - 10:00am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Mike Quinn, 24 November, 2008 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Can't see
Facial or abdominal details but this appears to be a Heteropogon species. Several to choose from in Austin.
… Herschel Raney, 24 November, 2008 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

 
2-3 spp. of Haplopogon on UT, Austin list...
Thanks, 2 to 3 spp. are listed from UT, Austin's Field Station

Haplopogon near lautus
Heteropogon lautus
Heteropogon n. sp. 1
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… Mike Quinn, 24 November, 2008 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

 
Heteropogon
H. lautus and H. johnsoni are in the area. It does not appear to be the other TX species, H. patruelis and H. phoenicurus. Not sure what new species 1 is, as there are no newly described species after 1991 (date of that list).
… Herschel Raney, 24 November, 2008 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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