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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Atoniomyia » Atoniomyia duncani
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Asilid - Atoniomyia duncani
Copyright © 2016 Jeff Gruber

Asilid - Atoniomyia duncani
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 1, 2016
Prey is a termite reproductive.

These were common at this site. They are very small. They mostly perch on the ground or on small sticks or rocks on the ground. This one flew up to a grass blade after I disturbed it with my initial photography attempts.

Atoniomyia?
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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 12 September, 2016 - 9:31pm
Last updated 13 September, 2016 - 8:14pm

Moved
Moved from Laphriinae.
… Jeff Gruber, 13 September, 2016 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

Atoniomyia duncani
New genus and species for BG: another great find Jeff!
… Eric Fisher, 13 September, 2016 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks much Eric.

My educated guess was based on Michael Thomas's photo here.

I had thought it was just a very small Atomosia.
… Jeff Gruber, 13 September, 2016 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

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