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Photo#1145659
Copyright © 2015
Even Dankowicz
Dance fly -
Caenotus
-
Taos County, New Mexico, USA
June 10, 2015
Contributed by
Even Dankowicz
on 26 September, 2015 - 9:07pm
Last updated 28 October, 2015 - 4:10am
Moved
Moved from
Window Flies
.
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John F. Carr
, 28 October, 2015 - 4:07am
Moved
Moved from
Flies
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John F. Carr
, 27 October, 2015 - 7:48pm
Moved
Moved from
Myxosargus
.
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Martin Hauser
, 25 October, 2015 - 8:39pm
Moved
Moved from
Myxosargus
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Martin Hauser
, 25 October, 2015 - 8:39pm
Moved
Moved from
Flies
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Martin Hauser
, 25 October, 2015 - 6:30pm
Scenopinidae?
I wonder if this is one of the ex-Bombyliidae now placed in Scenopinidae. The Emidoidea with long cell cup have R4+5 unbranched or the anal lobe of the wing reduced.
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John F. Carr
, 27 September, 2015 - 8:45am
Might be an Empididae... but
Might be an Empididae... but not sure at all!
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Martin Hauser
, 26 October, 2015 - 9:52am
Caenotus
Do you have any
Caenotus
to compare to? It's not
inornatus
, which has 3 branches of M reaching wing margin instead of 2 here, and Hall's (1973) big book of bee flies describes
hospes
as having pale posterior veins.
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John F. Carr
, 27 October, 2015 - 7:47pm
Shaun Winterton thinks: "Look
Shaun Winterton thinks: "Looks like Caenotus minutus"
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Martin Hauser
, 27 October, 2015 - 11:25pm