Species Exoprosopa dorcadion

Classification · Identification · Range

mystery pollinator for the rare Canadian River Spiny Aster (CRSA) - Exoprosopa dorcadion

Is this Exoprosopa caliptera? - Exoprosopa dorcadion

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)

Subfamily Anthracinae

Tribe Exoprosopini

Genus Exoprosopa

Species dorcadion (Exoprosopa dorcadion)

Identification

Species page based on ID by Neal Evenhuis of the following photos: 1 ,2 ,3 .

Re. variations: a study is needed on variation and melanism (per Neal Evenhuis, pers. communication -HW).

Additional note (information given by A. Calderwood): The brown color should exactly fill in cel R1 (the marginal cell):

In the similar E. jonesi the brown color does not quite reach the apex of cell R1:

Range

Widely distributed in Nearctic: Canada (AB,BC,MB,NB,ON,QC,SK);

U.S. (AZ,AR,CA,CO,CT,ID,ILL,IN,IL,KS,KY,ME,MA,MI,MN,MO,MT,NE,NV,NH,NJ,NY,ND,OH,OK,OR,PA,SD,TX,UT,VT,WI,WY);

Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Guerrero)

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 11 February, 2007 - 10:14pm
Last updated 28 November, 2007 - 6:08pm

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