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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Bee Killers (Mallophora) » Mallophora bomboides
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Robberfly ID request - Mallophora bomboides
Copyright © 2015 John Lampkin

Robberfly ID request - Mallophora bomboides
Bull Creek WMA, Osceola County, Florida, USA
October 4, 2015
I'm placing it in Mallophora and not Laphria because of the thin final segment on the antennae.

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Robberfly ID request - Mallophora bomboides Robberfly ID request - Mallophora bomboides
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Contributed by John Lampkin on 5 October, 2015 - 6:34am
Last updated 6 October, 2015 - 4:28am

Moved
Moved from Bee Killers.
… John Lampkin, 6 October, 2015 - 4:28am login or register to post comments

The other
fine Mallophora in FL, bomboides. The only species unphotographed in the catalog is thompsoni and that has a ? for FL. I am sure Dr. Fisher has the detailed info on that but I don't.
… Herschel Raney, 5 October, 2015 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Herschel, and...
... what gives me pause is the tawny tip on the abdomen. I've added another image which shows a slightly better view, cropped tight.
… John Lampkin, 5 October, 2015 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
It is consistent
with that species. See quite a few other shots from FL showing this character.
… Herschel Raney, 5 October, 2015 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

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