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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Cophura
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Small robber fly - Cophura
Copyright © 2013 Don Verser

Small robber fly - Cophura
Black Mesa, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA
October 10, 2013
Size: approx. 10 mm
Near top of the Black Mesa
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Contributed by Don Verser on 30 October, 2013 - 7:36pm
Last updated 31 October, 2013 - 8:54pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 October, 2013 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

Appears
to be a Cophura. Nice bright red halteres. Compare with C. arizonensis, which I don't think is likely there. Three listed species for OK. But your area may have surprises.
… Herschel Raney, 31 October, 2013 - 7:07am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it looks like it may be
Yes, it looks like it may be a Cophura; has the colors of C. arizonensis but is not that one (longer body hairs and full mystax means it is not in 'fur group'-- where arizonensis is).
… Eric Fisher, 31 October, 2013 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 30 October, 2013 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

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