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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Tachinini » Epalpus » Epalpus signifer
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Tachnid? - Epalpus signifer
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Tachnid? - Epalpus signifer
Stormville, Dutchess County, New York, USA
June 1, 2007
Size: 15mm
This fly came out a little worse for wear (one wing missing) it appears to be a tachnid of some sort.

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Tachnid? - Epalpus signifer Tachnid? - Epalpus signifer
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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 3 June, 2007 - 12:07am
Last updated 16 April, 2012 - 12:50am

Moved
Moved from Epalpus. I believe E. signifer is the only species in the east.
… Ben Coulter, 9 November, 2011 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.
… Martin Hauser, 30 November, 2008 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

The standard guess...
for such a fly would be Archytas apicifer:

The Tachinidae is such a huge and confusing family, however, that there are any number of ways to be wrong. I doubt even a dipterist would be comfortable giving a firm ID even to genus based on an image alone.
… Chuck Entz, 3 June, 2007 - 1:12am login or register to post comments

 
I don't think so
A. apicifer seems to have a black shiny tail with no markings. The current fly looks more like Epalpus signifer with a cream chevron on its tail, compare with
… A.W. Thomas, 3 June, 2007 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

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