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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Dioctria » Dioctria hyalipennis
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asilid - Dioctria hyalipennis - female
Copyright © 2016 sh11

asilid - Dioctria hyalipennis - Female
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
June 27, 2016
Is this Dioctria or Eudioctria? I'm having trouble telling the two genera apart...Thanks for your help!
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Contributed by sh11 on 12 December, 2016 - 12:45pm
Last updated 22 December, 2016 - 7:53am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 22 December, 2016 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

Female - Robber Fly
The clear wings, rules out several species (most) in the genus Eudioctria. The white stripe on the front of the thorax is very thick. Also, the forelegs and mid-legs are light colored. The bloated (sometimes pink) abdomen is very thin at the base. = ♀ Dioctria hyalipennis
… Bob Biagi, 12 December, 2016 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much
for taking the time to share these identification tips Bob!
… sh11, 12 December, 2016 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

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