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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Clitellariinae » Adoxomyia » Adoxomyia tenuicornis
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Male, Adoxomyia? - Adoxomyia tenuicornis - male
Copyright © 2017 Salvador Vitanza

Male, Adoxomyia? - Adoxomyia tenuicornis - Male
Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
May 12, 2017
Size: 9 mm (to wing tips)
Attracted to mercury vapor and ultraviolet lights
Coordinates: 31.468040, -110.974227
Elevation: 3,453 ft

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Male, Adoxomyia? - Adoxomyia tenuicornis - male Male, Adoxomyia? - Adoxomyia tenuicornis - male Male, Adoxomyia? - Adoxomyia tenuicornis - male Male, Adoxomyia? - Adoxomyia tenuicornis - male Male, Adoxomyia? - Adoxomyia tenuicornis - male
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 13 May, 2017 - 4:23pm
Last updated 28 May, 2020 - 4:36pm

awesome, thanks!
Moved from Adoxomyia.
… v belov, 6 May, 2019 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively, good call; hope we get it to species soon
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 13 May, 2017 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

 
New species for BugGuide!
Dr. Norm Woodley said: "I think your fly is Adoxomyia tenuicornis James. The antennae seem a little darker than described, but James had only a few specimens and this sort of coloration tends to be variable."
… Salvador Vitanza, 6 May, 2019 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

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