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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Cophura » Cophura tolandi
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asilid - Cophura tolandi - female
Copyright © 2016 marshal hedin

asilid - Cophura tolandi - Female
Anza Borrego DSP, mouth of Indian Gorge, San Diego County, California, USA
November 21, 2016
Size: 7-8 mm
on cheesebush
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Contributed by marshal hedin on 22 December, 2016 - 8:19pm
Last updated 25 December, 2016 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 December, 2016 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 December, 2016 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

Robberfly
Nice catch, this looks like Cophura tolandi. (CA-AZ & Baja range) If confirmed, a first for your state, congrats!
… Bob Biagi, 22 December, 2016 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm pleased to confirm this f
I'm pleased to confirm this fly as Cophura tolandi - a female.
… Eric Fisher, 25 December, 2016 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Hello Eric, This Cophura tol
Hello Eric,
This Cophura tolandi is the only Cophura species photographed in San Diego county in BugGuide.

Could please you confirm if this Cophura also from San Diego is C. tolandi too?

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1266935
… Isidro, 12 August, 2019 - 2:31am login or register to post comments

 
excellent, thank you!
excellent, thank you!
… marshal hedin, 23 December, 2016 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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