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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » sericea complex (Laphria sericea complex)
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Robber Fly - Laphria - male
Copyright © 2007 Bob Moul

Robber Fly - Laphria - Male
Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 9, 2007
Size: Approx. 1 inch
Wow! Didn't realize there were so many species of Robber Flies till I was looking for this one. I think it may be a Laphria sericea. Can someone verify or correct that ID? And gender it also.

Thanks,
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Contributed by Bob Moul on 10 July, 2007 - 10:20am
Last updated 22 November, 2021 - 8:22am

Moved
Moved from Laphria sericea.
… Herschel Raney, 22 November, 2021 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Complex
reviewing all these years later and this appears to be the undescribed species. It is not sericea and the terminus looks good for the undescribed.
… Herschel Raney, 22 November, 2021 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from / atkis complex.
… Bob Moul, 10 July, 2007 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

Very fine
shot of the male Laphria sericea, with the pronounced golden mystax and beard.
… Herschel Raney, 10 July, 2007 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Herschel, would this be a female than?

… Bob Moul, 10 July, 2007 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Honestly
I am not sure that the female you link isn't aktis. I thought they didn't range as far north but aktis was actually defined by a specimen from PA. When the facial hair is not golden on a female it is tougher without a shot of the terminal abdomen or a close thorax.
… Herschel Raney, 10 July, 2007 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Bob
for your reply, Herschel. I appreciate your willingness to help with IDs.
… Bob Moul, 10 July, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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