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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Dioctria » Dioctria pusio

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Copyright © 2007 Werner Eigelsreiter

Robberfly - Laphria felis - Dioctria pusio

Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
June 28, 2007
Size: ~ 6 mm

According to

http://www.naturewatch.ca/eman/reports/publications/99_montane/robber_f/robberfig08.html

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Contributed by Werner Eigelsreiter on 28 June, 2007 - 8:11pm
Last updated 30 August, 2009 - 9:10pm

Years later

I can't tell if I placed this in the wrong species or someone moved it? Still seems to be a Myelaphus from Dr. Cannings comment.

… Herschel Raney, 26 June, 2016 - 9:39am

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Dioctria pusio

Hi Herschel: Years later... This is Dioctria pusio. Way back when, I identified this incorrectly, calling it Myelaphus. It looks like the ID might still not be officially cleared up, so now you can do it!

Rob

… Rob Cannings, 8 September, 2017 - 10:32pm

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Looks like you moved it from Myelaphus

in August 2009 which is when you made the page for Dioctria pusio. But there isn't any notation on why you made that change. Please move it where you think best.

… john and jane balaban, 26 June, 2016 - 1:09pm

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Moved

Moved from Myelaphus lobicornis.

… Herschel Raney, 30 August, 2009 - 9:10pm

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Thanks ...

... to all of you for ID, comment and moving.

… Werner Eigelsreiter, 17 January, 2008 - 8:08pm

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Moved

Moved from Robber Flies.

… john and jane balaban, 17 January, 2008 - 7:17pm

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photo #122548

This is not Laphria felis (Laphriinae) but rather Myelaphus lobicornis (Stenopogoninae: Dioctrini). The two species have similar coloration (presumably because they mimic similar wasp species) but Myelaphus is much more delicately built and has much longer antennae. The wing venation characters that help separate the subfamilies are not visible. In southern BC where this photo was taken Myelaphus is an uncommon grassland species.

… Rob Cannings, 17 January, 2008 - 9:50am

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Superb shot

Thanks for the heads up note on this. I missed it somehow.

… Herschel Raney, 17 January, 2008 - 5:31pm

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