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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Proctacanthus » Proctacanthus brevipennis
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Robberfly - Proctacanthus brevipennis
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Hollenbeck

Robberfly - Proctacanthus brevipennis
10 Mile Creek, Gordy Rd., St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
May 12, 2007
Size: ~20mm
Male?
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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 13 May, 2007 - 7:59pm
Last updated 24 November, 2009 - 3:09pm

Moved
Moved from Proctacanthus.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 24 November, 2009 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

I think the red ring at the apex of the
femora and the strong black stripe down the center of the thorax makes it brevipennis.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 24 November, 2009 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

Yes
Proctacanthus. In that hefty Florida crew of ten species. I can name ones it is not but cannot get it to the definitive end.
… Herschel Raney, 13 May, 2007 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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