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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Apioceridae » Flower-loving flies (Apiocera)
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Apiocera species male 1000 Palms, - Apiocera - male
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Monroe

Apiocera species male 1000 Palms, - Apiocera - Male
1000 Palms Oasis, Riverside County, California, USA
April 24, 2008
Size: BL about 20 mm
We photographed this male and the female I will post next on the sandy lakeshore at 1000 Palms Oasis in Riverside County, CA. There were several of these flies gathered at the wet sand. The male appendage seems to be white pilose.

Cazier in his revision, 1982, lists 64 species with at least 7 in Anza-Borrego, so it may be impossible to identify these Apiocera to species.

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Apiocera species male 1000 Palms, - Apiocera - male Apiocera species female 1000 Palms, - Apiocera - female
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 13 March, 2009 - 6:11pm
Last updated 14 March, 2009 - 9:01pm

Moved
Moved from Apioceridae.
… Matthias Buck, 14 March, 2009 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

ID-NOT!
You are right about IDing to species. There are a few distinctive, readily diagnosed species, but most can only be confidently placed by spreading the genitalia. Fortunately, dissection is not required, just flaying the epandria with pins. I will look at my specimens and see if any appear to be good matches. I think I have some from 1000 Palms Oasis.
… Andy Calderwood, 13 March, 2009 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Apiocera ID
Thanks Andy. I'd appreciate your checking. These are such handsome flies . . . .
… Lynn Monroe, 14 March, 2009 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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