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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Eulonchus » Eulonchus marginatus
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Bee Fly? - Eulonchus marginatus
Copyright © 2011 Scott Peden

Bee Fly? - Eulonchus marginatus
Big Basin Redwoods State Park, HQ meadow, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 26, 2011
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Contributed by Scott Peden on 6 November, 2011 - 9:36pm
Last updated 20 April, 2017 - 6:00pm

Moved
Moved from Eulonchus.
… Aaron Schusteff, 20 April, 2017 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

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… Aaron Schusteff, 21 November, 2011 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

Definitely Eulonchus
This is a nice find, Scott!

The long proboscis, together with point of attachment of the antennae near middle of face, indicate this acrocerid is in the genus Eulonchus.

Also I think I see a (thinnish?) black margin along the edge of the calypter (AKA squama)...which is the whitish oval wing appendage seen above the hind leg in this image. If the black margin is really there, then that together with the black legs with white "knees", would indicate this is probably Eulonchus marginatus. That is a species which is recorded from the Santa Cruz Mountains.
… Aaron Schusteff, 21 November, 2011 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
black margin along the edge of the calypter
I see what your referring to, and check all of my other shots, all fuzzier then these, and it 'might' be what we are seeing instead of a shadow. The best shots are the ones I already posted so nothing else to extract from my files I'm afraid.

Good to run into you again Aaron!

Scott
… Scott Peden, 22 November, 2011 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

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… Keith Bayless, 8 November, 2011 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

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