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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Triorla » Triorla interrupta
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Robber fly 2 - Triorla interrupta - female
Copyright © 2016 Michael Hughes

Robber fly 2 - Triorla interrupta - Female
Sedona, Arizona, USA
July 8, 2016
Immediately next to the river at Red Rock Crossing.

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Robber fly 2 - Triorla interrupta - female Robber fly 2 - Triorla interrupta - female
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Contributed by Michael Hughes on 26 July, 2016 - 3:30pm
Last updated 1 April, 2020 - 8:43pm

Moved
Moved from Triorla.
… Chris Cohen, 1 April, 2020 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 July, 2016 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

I don't even have
Triorla as being in AZ. And I have no idea what is up with the red on that terminus in this female but I can't believe this is not Triorla. There is only one species defined in that genus but this is so different from most of the eastern specimens I have seen, I wonder.

Looking at the data here I see we have at least two other Triorla from AZ.
… Herschel Raney, 27 July, 2016 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

 
According to the species page,
there is only one Triorla in North America. If so, and if this isn't interrupta, could this be a previously undescribed species? I did notice that T. interrupta has been noted from S. California..
… Michael Hughes, 27 July, 2016 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
IMO this falls both within th
IMO this falls both within the geographic range and known color variation of T. interrupta
… Chris Cohen, 1 April, 2020 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I am just going
on visual appearance. I assume someone has looked at the AZ males under a scope. This might help. Dr. Fisher may have some from AZ.
… Herschel Raney, 27 July, 2016 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 July, 2016 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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