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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Proctacanthella » Proctacanthella willistoni
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Asilid - Proctacanthella willistoni - male
Copyright © 2016 Jeff Gruber

Asilid - Proctacanthella willistoni - Male
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 1, 2016
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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 26 December, 2016 - 9:34pm
Last updated 29 December, 2016 - 11:28am

Moved
Moved from Asilinae.
… Jeff Gruber, 29 December, 2016 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

Proctacanthella leucopogon
Proctacanthella leucopogon
… Eric Fisher, 28 December, 2016 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

 
willistoni?
Hi Eric, does this goes under P. willistoni? Thx
… Jeff Gruber, 28 December, 2016 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Jeff, Yes - same critte
Hi Jeff,

Yes - same critter. Problem is "willistoni" is an unpublished (ms) name, so original 1893 Williston name of leucopogon should be used for now...

Cheers, Eric
… Eric Fisher, 29 December, 2016 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

Frankly
looks like a Proctacanthella Jeff but these Asilinae in the SW are difficult.
… Herschel Raney, 27 December, 2016 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

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