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Rhaphium? mating - Rhaphium - male - female
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Rhaphium? mating - Rhaphium - Male Female
Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
May 23, 2015
Size: ~5 mm

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Rhaphium? mating - Rhaphium - male - female Rhaphium? mating - Rhaphium - male - female Rhaphium? mating - Rhaphium - male - female
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 October, 2015 - 4:05pm
Last updated 29 October, 2015 - 6:51pm

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… John F. Carr, 29 October, 2015 - 6:51pm

Rhaphium
In Robinson (1964) the male is armatum or caudatum (depending on whether the hind coxa has a "long, slender apical thorn") and the female is one of three other species.
… John F. Carr, 29 October, 2015 - 6:50pm

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