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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Mydas Flies (Mydidae) » Mydinae » Mydas » Mydas ventralis
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unkn fly Mydas ventralis? - Mydas ventralis - male - female
Copyright © 2011 Bob Beatson

unkn fly Mydas ventralis? - Mydas ventralis - Male Female
Cienega Creek Preserve, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 14, 2011
Size: ~15mm
Mating pair found on bajada above creek in predominantly Cresote. Can someone confirm Mydas ventralis please or give another ID?

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unkn fly Mydas ventralis? - Mydas ventralis - male - female unkn fly Mydas ventralis? - Mydas ventralis - male - female
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 14 July, 2011 - 6:00pm
Last updated 9 July, 2018 - 11:57pm

Moved
Moved from Mydas.
… Even Dankowicz, 9 July, 2018 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mydinae.
… John S. Ascher, 6 February, 2017 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mydas Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 22 September, 2014 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

They sure look like M. ventralis; however, there are evidently 21 species of Mydas in N.A., and BG has representatives of only seven of them. Who knows what the others look like? With luck, the experts will be able to confirm the ID.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 July, 2011 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Ken - Guess I'll wait and see what they have to say.
… Bob Beatson, 15 July, 2011 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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