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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Pritchardomyia » Pritchardomyia vespoides
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Arnold Robberfly - Pritchardomyia vespoides
Copyright © 2016 Jim Tassano

Arnold Robberfly - Pritchardomyia vespoides
Arnold , Calaveras County, California, USA
September 11, 2016
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Contributed by Jim Tassano on 14 September, 2016 - 10:30pm
Last updated 1 April, 2020 - 7:43pm

Pritchardomyia
Leg color pattern does not match any species of Callinicus, but is instead a much better fit for Pritchardomyia (of which there is only one described species). Furthermore, this genus has been recorded from the same area previously (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32600040).

However, I want to note the peculiar bare plurae, which is unlike most other specimens of P. vespoides I have seen.
… Chris Cohen, 1 April, 2020 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Callinicus.
… Chris Cohen, 1 April, 2020 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ben Coulter, 15 February, 2018 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

Cropped and moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Others will take the ID further. Thanks for posting--and welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 September, 2016 - 5:02am login or register to post comments

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