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Protodexia hunteri - NEW GENUS - Blaesoxipha hunteri - female

Protodexia hunteri - NEW GENUS - Blaesoxipha hunteri - Female
Hanover, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
September 1, 2014
Size: ~8mm
Distinctive female terminalia. The elongate part is dorsal; the hairy lobes are ventral.
I wonder if anyone knows what this is used for. The MND refers to it as a "larvipositor", so presumably they are ovoviviparous.

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Protodexia hunteri - NEW GENUS - Blaesoxipha hunteri - female Protodexia hunteri - NEW GENUS - Blaesoxipha hunteri - female Protodexia hunteri - NEW GENUS - Blaesoxipha hunteri - female Protodexia hunteri - NEW GENUS - Blaesoxipha hunteri - female

Moved
Moved from Sarcophaginae.

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