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Bee fly - Lordotus - male

Bee fly - Lordotus - Male
Marana, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 29, 2009
Size: around 1 cm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

This is a Lordotus -
Note the venation, especially the three submarginals, together with the small head & kind of pile. Its a male, eyes holoptic. I couldn't tell you which species without an actual specimen.
Oh, I just noticed the infuscated parts of the wing which is typical in L. bucerus. I'll check whether this is an exclusive feature for that species & will get back to you.
Well, it isn't bucerus (i.e. legs aren't all black, infuscation not right), that would have been too easy. A better possibility is L. striatus (two grayish longitudinal stripes on mesonotum, not reaching scutellum, and the dark parts of the wing), once considered a subspecies of L. gibbus. I'm testing to what extent it may be possible to identify some Lordotus by photos. I'm not sure at this point.

 
Thanks,
I was hoping that it showed enough of the wing venation to get to the genus. Great!

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