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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Phthiriinae » Phthiriini » Acreophthiria
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Another Specimen of Phthiriinae? - Acreophthiria - female
Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Another Specimen of Phthiriinae? - Acreophthiria - Female
Cottonwood Canyon, near southwest end of Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
April 6, 2008
Photographed on a ray floret of Layia heterotricha, a rare (and delightfully aromatic) annual in the Asteraceae.

As in my previous post, I think this bee fly is in the subfamily Phthiriinae of Bombyliidae. It's about 20 air miles WSW of the Carrizo Plains locale in the previous post. Note the pollen on the thorax and elsewhere, perhaps this is an effective pollinator of the Layia.
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 18 January, 2009 - 4:54am
Last updated 1 November, 2014 - 12:13am

Moved
Moved from Phthiriinae.
… John S. Ascher, 1 November, 2014 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phthiria.
… Joel Kits, 12 February, 2009 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phthiriinae.
… Martin Hauser, 19 January, 2009 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
not Phthiria
None of the Nearctic Phthiriinae are currently placed in Phthiria. Neacreotrichus might be right, but I can't be sure from a photo.
… Joel Kits, 12 February, 2009 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Had no idea that there is not
Had no idea that there is nothing placed in this genus anymore...Thanks for correcting that!
… Martin Hauser, 12 February, 2009 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

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