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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Stiletto Flies (Therevidae) » Therevinae » Nebritus » Nebritus pellucidus
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Nebritus Stiletto Fly in California (Specimen 3) - Nebritus pellucidus - male
Copyright © 2009 Harsi S. Parker

Nebritus Stiletto Fly in California (Specimen 3) - Nebritus pellucidus - Male
Webb Canyon , ~2000 ft. altitude, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 16, 2009
Size: ~8 mm (w/out antennae)
A ventral view.

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Contributed by Harsi S. Parker on 15 June, 2009 - 10:15pm
Last updated 12 July, 2009 - 1:10am

This is a male
This is a male
… Martin Hauser, 30 June, 2009 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin,
for checking this out!
… Hartmut Wisch, 30 June, 2009 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nebritus.
… Martin Hauser, 29 June, 2009 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

I think you've got the genus,
and I get to N. pellucidus; see key to Nearctic genera of Therevidae. However, I might have made a mistake. I suggest to send your collection of images to Martin Hauser, or to one of these Therevid specialists.
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 June, 2009 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Hartmut.
I actually had been asking Martin about Nebritus and mentioned that I would be posting these images, but he was headed out of town so I don't think he's seen them yet. What he had said to me via e-mail regarding the potential for species ID was, "there are 2 described and one undescribed species, and I am not sure if somebody described it so far... I will check on that."

Thank you for attempting to key this one out, and I will be very curious to hear what Martin has to say upon his return.
… Harsi S. Parker, 16 June, 2009 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

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