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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria)
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Robber fly? - Laphria
Copyright © 2013 Robyn Waayers

Robber fly? - Laphria
near Posey Lake, Box-Death Hollow Wilderness, Dixie National Forest, Garfield County, Utah, USA
July 12, 2013
Size: 17 mm
Was perched on a log in the daytime, similar to what I have seen with some robber flies. High elevation forest.
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Contributed by Robyn Waayers on 12 August, 2013 - 4:17pm
Last updated 28 June, 2014 - 12:57am

Chiming in on this -- to agre
Chiming in on this -- to agree with Rick that 1) this Laphria does look most like ferox and 2) that the species is currently unrecorded from Utah. Except I am unwilling to add L. ferox to the Utah list based on a female specimen (especially when the male is instantly recognizable by the enlarged genitalia [#342525]).

This female does look a little different from a typical ferox in that the tibiae seem to have reddish hairs (usually are black); lets wait for a male ...
… Eric Fisher, 15 October, 2015 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ben Coulter, 28 June, 2014 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

Appears to be
A beautiful Laphria species. Not that many typical Laphria known for Utah. Should be keyable.

It is not gilva, vivax, sadales, index, fernaldi, or janus.
Leaving aimatis, asackeni and felis.
… Herschel Raney, 14 August, 2013 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
Identity
Well, it looks rather like L. ferox, which you did not mention--therefore my guess is that species is unknown from Utah. I hope one of the asilid specialists will see this. I'll copy this URL, send it to such a specialist that I know.
… Richard L. Westcott, 11 October, 2015 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 14 August, 2013 - 2:28am login or register to post comments

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