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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Chrysanthrax
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Green eyed fly - Chrysanthrax
Copyright © 2009 Tim Lethbridge

Green eyed fly - Chrysanthrax
Lake Placid - Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida, USA
March 31, 2009
It looks like it should fit under Bombyliidae, but I did not find anything with green eyes that looked like a match.

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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 4 April, 2009 - 10:48pm
Last updated 18 November, 2009 - 11:36am

Moved
Moved from Villini.
… Tim Lethbridge, 18 November, 2009 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

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What an interesting fly! It belongs in the Villini, probably Villa, but the abdominal scale pattern is atypical. Maybe those more familiar with the eastern fauna will diagnose it.
… Andy Calderwood, 6 April, 2009 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Chrysanthrax??
We have a specimen of this fly in the Guelph collection (also from Archbold), but I haven't been able to identify it. It has some similarities with Chrysanthrax lepidotoides and I suspect it's related to that species, but I can't say anything beyond that.
… Joel Kits, 7 April, 2009 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysanthrax?
Sounds as good as anything. As I've said before, many diverse taxa have been heaved into Chrysanthrax. This may well be another.
… Andy Calderwood, 7 April, 2009 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Further information
I emailed these photos to Dr. Deyrup at Archbold and he provided this information:

"This species appears to be in the genus Villa, although its snout is unusually long. I have only found it in scrub. I provisionally consider it an undescribed scrub species, and have put it on our list under “scrub rosemary bee fly.” "

This example was photographed in a Rosemary Bald.
… Tim Lethbridge, 18 November, 2009 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool!
Thanks for the additional information. Maybe this means you get to name it?
… Tim Lethbridge, 7 April, 2009 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Andy. I will move it to tribe and maybe someone else can narrow it down.
… Tim Lethbridge, 7 April, 2009 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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