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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Eryciini » Acantholespesia » Acantholespesia comstocki
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Parasitic Fly from M. yuccae Pupa From Blanco Co. Tx - Acantholespesia comstocki - female
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Parasitic Fly from M. yuccae Pupa From Blanco Co. Tx - Acantholespesia comstocki - Female
Northwest of Johnson City, Blanco County, Texas, USA
April 6, 2015

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Contributed by Bill Dempwolf on 26 April, 2015 - 10:25am
Last updated 8 October, 2015 - 6:35pm

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… John F. Carr, 27 April, 2015 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

Lateral?
An exactly lateral shot, not oblique, is often required to identify these. For example, if I assume it is in the vicinity of Exorista (based on previous suggestion) the key to genera requires seeing the row of bristles along the side of the face.
… John F. Carr, 27 April, 2015 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

Phorocera comstocki ???
Paul Arnaud lists only 2 species of tachinids on Megathymus yuccae. The main one is "Phorocera" comstocki Williston and the other was an unidentified Lespesia. Doesn't look like Lespesia, but I haven't seen them all. I have not seen P. comstocki so it would need to be keyed out. But maybe someone on BugGuide might have seen this one? Jeff Boettner, UMASS-Amherst
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