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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Diopsoidea » Stalk-eyed Flies (Diopsidae) » Sphyracephala » Sphyracephala subbifasciata
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hammer head bug - Sphyracephala subbifasciata
Copyright © 2010 Kenneth E. BARNETT

hammer head bug - Sphyracephala subbifasciata
Wilton, Inland Barrens, Saratoga County, New York, USA
November 11, 2010
Size: <1/4 inch
No idea, ID? On side of house, 54 degrees, in sun.
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Contributed by Kenneth E. BARNETT on 12 November, 2010 - 1:14pm
Last updated 31 October, 2014 - 5:04pm

Moved
Moved from Sphyracephala brevicornis.
… John F. Carr, 31 October, 2014 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

collest, freakest...
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 12 November, 2010 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Any idea
what the other species looks like, or does it have a different range?
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2010 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Wingtip
The two species were originally distinguished by presence or absence of a dark spot at the wing tip. To learn whether that character still holds true will cost you 69 euros.
… John F. Carr, 13 November, 2010 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

 
IOU
Here's an IOU for the 69 Euros- Does the character still hold true?
K
… Kenneth E. BARNETT, 13 November, 2010 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

 
Mostly
The color of the fore femur is also different.
… John F. Carr, 31 October, 2014 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Amazing
Thank you!
… Kenneth E. BARNETT, 12 November, 2010 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
Diopsidae (Stalk-eyed Flies)
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2010 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

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