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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physoconops » Subgenus Pachyconops (Physoconops Subgenus Pachyconops)
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Physoconops - female
Copyright © 2006 Jeff Hollenbeck

Physoconops - Female
Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
December 3, 2006

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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 4 December, 2006 - 6:14pm
Last updated 13 January, 2014 - 12:54am

Moved
Moved from Physoconops.
… Aaron Schusteff, 13 January, 2014 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Physoconops or Physocephala.
… john and jane balaban, 13 December, 2006 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

I agree with Beatriz
Physoconops
… Keith Bayless, 13 December, 2006 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Let us play it safe and keep it on the page Physoconops/Physocephala. I keep hoping that some day somebody will tell us what all these flies are for sure.
They are such nice images, where in the world did you think that they should go to frass?
… Beatriz Moisset, 11 December, 2006 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank
you. I didn't think they were as good as some of the other images, which why I suggested possible frass.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 15 December, 2006 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Note: A step in the right direction...
"[O]ne can tell the difference between Physocephala and Physoconops by the shape of the hind femur; Physocephala's is awkwardly or irregularly widened and narrowed; Physoconops's is straight or evenly widened."

...from Keith Bayless on a Bug Guide post.

(Beatriz, I've put this on the combined guide page. You may also want it elsewhere.)
… Ron Hemberger, 13 December, 2006 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

Physoconops perhaps?
Physocephala has a very characteristic thickening of the hind femur that is absent here, so perhaps this is Physoconops. Check the info pages and other images.
… Beatriz Moisset, 5 December, 2006 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok, thanks.
I agree, but I would prefer you choose the correct page or frass for these images.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 8 December, 2006 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

Conopidae for sure.
Whoah! Nice shots of its, er, 'equipment.' :-) That alone tells me what family. Not sure which genus, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 December, 2006 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

 
...
Looks a lot like one I took.
… Sean McCann, 4 December, 2006 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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