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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » sericea complex (Laphria sericea complex)
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Laphria scorpio/aeatus grouping - Laphria - female
Copyright © 2009 M Whalen

Laphria scorpio/aeatus grouping - Laphria - Female
Wild River State Park, Chisago County, Minnesota, USA
June 28, 2009
Found in hardwoods near large prairie. About 50 yds in the woods, semi-open area, with some of the older trees blown down. Oak, maple, and misc other trees and berry plants. It never flew far but was tough to track. It was a cooler and very windy day. It didn't stay in the open long, but long enough to get there and take a quick shot.
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Contributed by M Whalen on 30 June, 2009 - 10:06pm
Last updated 17 March, 2015 - 8:01am

Moved
Moved from aeatus and scorpio group.
… Ben Coulter, 17 March, 2015 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

L. sericea complex
This looks like L. sericea to me. L. aeatus is supposed to be smaller, like index or specially the similar scorpio. The habitat should really be boreal forest for aeatus also. Regarding the thoracic pattern, I have a number of photos of sericea where the thorax looks like this due to lighting. Here's a similar example on BugGuide:
… Ben Coulter, 17 March, 2015 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee-like Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 20 August, 2011 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

Something
In the aeatus/scorpio grouping with that darker anterior mesonotum and thorax. Nice female.
… Herschel Raney, 4 July, 2009 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again, and
is there a page for this grouping?
… M Whalen, 4 July, 2009 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
There is not
An update paper for the Laphria groups. There is a Michigan key. And the unpublished Bullington PhD which is available from the PhD services on the web.
… Herschel Raney, 6 July, 2009 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Bugguide page for scorpio/aeatus?
I was trying to move this posting to the correct bugguide page. See Laphria genus. Will leave at Laphria for now. I may have more photos from this weekend but having trouble discerning scorpio/aeatus from sericea/aktis. I'll try to educate myself a little before posting more of these.
… M Whalen, 6 July, 2009 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

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