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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Leptogastrinae » Tipulogaster » Tipulogaster glabrata
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Robber - Tipulogaster glabrata
Copyright © 2011 JC Jones

Robber - Tipulogaster glabrata
Spiderweb, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
June 23, 2011
Came to light.

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Contributed by JC Jones on 2 August, 2011 - 4:01pm
Last updated 8 August, 2011 - 4:57pm

… Bugologist1, 23 June, 2023 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Leptogaster, not Tipulogaster
Actually, this is one of the Leptogaster species that also has the shellacked scutum look. Perhaps L. aegra, but I need to study some of the other options more. You can tell it's not a Tipulogaster by the antenna-- Tipulogaster have a long postpedicel (aka first flagellomere) and short stylus, whereas Leptogaster have a short postpedicel and long stylus, like we see here. Note also the black band on the hind femur is in a different location from in T. glabrata.
… Tristan McKnight, 25 January, 2020 - 4:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… JC Jones, 8 August, 2011 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
The shellacked dorsal polish of Tipulogaster glabrata.
… Herschel Raney, 8 August, 2011 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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