Two species known from this remote desert locale - Apiocera macswaini

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

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

Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 22 July, 2016 - 6:12pm
Last updated 18 August, 2020 - 3:37pm

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