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Species Anastoechus hessei

Anastoechus hessei Beefly - Anastoechus hessei Beefly - Anastoechus hessei Anastoechus hessei Bombyliinae; Bombyliini? - Anastoechus hessei Bombyliinae; Bombyliini? - Anastoechus hessei Slightly more golden tinge of pile on abdomen  - Anastoechus hessei - female Slightly more golden tinge of pile on abdomen  - Anastoechus hessei - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Bombyliinae
Tribe Bombyliini
Genus Anastoechus
Species hessei (Anastoechus hessei)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
A. deserticola Hall 1956 (preoccupied)
A. hessei Hall 1958
Identification
Distinguished from barbatus and melanohalteralis by the dense black hair on the last abdominal segments. (Painter, 1962) The other species may have sparse dark spines. The illustration in Eaton(1) shows leucothrix also without the dark fur.
Range
Western Texas to Southern California
Habitat
desert
Works Cited
1.Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America
Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman. 2006. Houghton Mifflin.