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Photo#78442
Conopid - Physocephala sagittaria - female

Conopid - Physocephala sagittaria - Female
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
September 20, 2006
Size: ~15mm

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Conopid - Physocephala sagittaria - female Conopid - Physocephala sagittaria - female Conopid - Physocephala sagittaria - female

Moved
Moved from Physocephala.

Great find, nice photos!
Note that all the characters needed to identify this specimen using the key in Camras 1996 are visible in your images here. The keying sequence there is as follows:

1'. Frons mainly pale → 15'. Cheek paler in the middle → 29' Knob of halter yellow → 31. Facial grooves dark → 32. Discal cell entirely dark....P. sagittaria

Moved
Moved from Thick-headed Flies.

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