BG625 Fly - Poecilanthrax lucifer

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… Joel Kits, 29 March, 2007 - 9:19pm

Poecilanthrax

This is Poecilanthrax lucifer. The combination of entirely brownish/greyish wings and banded abdomen with yellow pile on the sides is distinctive for this species. It is widespread through the eastern US south through the Caribbean and Central America.

… Joel Kits, 29 March, 2007 - 9:19pm

Thanks Joel,

we are delighted to get this one properly placed.
Gayle

… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 30 March, 2007 - 12:17am

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… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 25 February, 2007 - 9:08pm

Thanks folks & Back to the drawing board

The sharply projecting face of our specimen is clearly different from the drawing of Villa in Herschel's key. I also note that, as shown the key, the indentation of the posterier lateral eye margin of Villa is smoothly rounded, while that of our specimen is angular. This resurrects Neodiplocampta as a possibility. The eye margin, facial shape, and wing venation of this genus are a reasonable match for our specimen. Sure would like to capture another one this year for possible confirmation ot the notch in the third antennal segment.
I will place our images in Bombyliidae for the present.
Gayle

… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 25 February, 2007 - 9:02pm

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for what it is worth, this fly was identified as Villa, and i was not sure about mine, but added it to the genus page as well.

… edward trammel, 24 February, 2007 - 12:37pm

Thanks Edward,

I think you hit the nail on the head, and that is worth a great deal!
Unless there are serious disagreements in the next few days, I will move the images to Villa.
Gayle

… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 24 February, 2007 - 1:50pm

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I am not sure if any of our Villa species have this conical of a face. And the forward facial shot of the fly looks a bit off for Villa. I don't question Gerard's call on the other fly but this face seems too projecting for Villa.

… Herschel Raney, 24 February, 2007 - 2:52pm

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that conical a face was why i did not like calling mine Villa... but everything seemed to match the photo identified by Gerard, and i trust his judgment far more than i trust my own on this. there were a couple of these in the uofa collection that were not identified, so i do not know where it stands, but i have been calling it Villa none the less.

… edward trammel, 24 February, 2007 - 6:43pm