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fly - Phorocera - male
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fly - Phorocera - Male
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 27, 2015

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 28 May, 2015 - 9:50pm
Last updated 21 July, 2016 - 8:13am

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.

Phorocera males have conspicuously large genitalia.
… John F. Carr, 21 July, 2016 - 8:13am

Extra segment?
I think it's a male with his genital segment extending past the fifth tergite, which might be a clue to identity.

Otherwise it reminds me of Blondeliini.
… John F. Carr, 20 January, 2016 - 9:22pm

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