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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Apioceridae » Flower-loving flies (Apiocera)
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- - Apiocera - male
Copyright © 2015 Robyn Waayers

- - Apiocera - Male
Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah, USA
July 26, 2015
Size: 10-15 mm
Perched on the ground on a hot day in slick rock country.
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Contributed by Robyn Waayers on 15 August, 2015 - 8:32pm
Last updated 16 August, 2015 - 11:48am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Robyn Waayers, 16 August, 2015 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Maybe...
Could be wrong, but this looks like an Apiocerid?
… Alice Abela, 15 August, 2015 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

 
That would explain why it looked so odd.
Will move it there tentatively for now.
… Robyn Waayers, 16 August, 2015 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
One of my (10,000) favorite genera!!
Alice was correct (as usual :-).

Love these! Unlike robber flies, the adults apparently aren't predators. I just posted one from the Colorado River, seen on the way to out to the AZ rendezvous.

 

The bulky club-like terminalia here indicates a male. Females have hemisherical abdominal tips, with short, stiff, radiating bristles.
… Aaron Schusteff, 16 August, 2015 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
New family for me!
Yours looks quite different from mine, in terms of its markings...
… Robyn Waayers, 16 August, 2015 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

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