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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Bee Killers (Mallophora) » Southern Bee Killer (Mallophora orcina)
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Robber Fly ID request - Mallophora orcina - male
Copyright © 2016 John Lampkin

Robber Fly ID request - Mallophora orcina - Male
Avon Park Air Force Range, Highlands County, Florida, USA
June 5, 2016
Reminds me of mallaphora but I couldn't find a match for those sexy shoes.

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Robber Fly ID request - Mallophora orcina - male Robber Fly ID request - Mallophora orcina - male
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Contributed by John Lampkin on 6 June, 2016 - 7:18pm
Last updated 8 July, 2018 - 10:02am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… John Lampkin, 17 June, 2016 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

Interesting
whitening of the hindlegs distally. Still appears to be Mallophora orcina.
… Herschel Raney, 17 June, 2016 - 7:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Herschel
I just found this M. orcina which means that this is not unique:

Also some M. bomboides individuals show similar whitening as per
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/flies/bee_killers.htm
… John Lampkin, 17 June, 2016 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

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