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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physocephala » Physocephala texana
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Physocephala texana ? - Physocephala texana - male
Copyright © 2016 Stoil Ivanov

Physocephala texana ? - Physocephala texana - Male
Illinois Beach State Park, Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 11, 2016
Size: 10mm
I submitted yesterday what I thought to be the same fly but looking closely I noticed that on this one the wing is damaged and different color the body has a different color too .
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Contributed by Stoil Ivanov on 13 July, 2016 - 1:05pm
Last updated 18 April, 2017 - 9:29am

Moved to Physocephala texana
Nice photo, Stoil. I agree with P. texana here. The lack of strongly defined pollinose markings on the pleura and humeri, together with a number of subtleties of overall coloration & markings (e.g. abdomen mostly red with black dorsal spots; "T" on frons very narrow and tinged reddish; vertex very yellowish; etc) seem to point to texana rather than marginata (which is the next best fit, considering hyaline discal cell and location). If you happen to have a frontal view photo showing the facial grooves (below the antennae and above the mouthparts) that could unequivocally verify the ID (facial grooves pale whitish in texana, versus dark in marginata).

BTW, this is tied for the further east occurrence of P. texana on BugGuide, together with the post below from the same location:

   

Moved from Conopinae.
… Aaron Schusteff, 9 August, 2016 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks it is a new species fo
Thanks it is a new species for me . will try to get a better photo next time.
… Stoil Ivanov, 9 August, 2016 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 July, 2016 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

might be actually texana
might be tibialis
… Stoil Ivanov, 13 July, 2016 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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