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Mimic Fly Spilomyia alcimus or texana? - Spilomyia alcimus - male
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Mimic Fly Spilomyia alcimus or texana? - Spilomyia alcimus - Male
Rockvale, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
May 28, 2017
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Contributed by Kristy Baker on 28 May, 2017 - 6:28pm
Last updated 31 July, 2022 - 2:24pm

you can not see the spot on t
you can not see the spot on the propleuron, which presence/absence is distinguishing the two species, but from the distribution I would rather go with alcimus. Also texana is often more reddish, but there seem to be reddish alciumus as well.... so this is more gut feeling than an identification
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