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Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini - male

Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini - Male
Antelope Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
July 11, 2016
Rubbing legs in between cleaning mouthparts, after probing the detritus.

The form of the mouthparts are neither the "stabbing" type of Asilidae, nor the nectar-sipping form of Rhaphiomidas...the two clades that are usually most closely associated with Apiocera.

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Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini - male Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini - male Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini - male Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini - male Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini - male Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini - male Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini

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