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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Mydas Flies (Mydidae) » Mydinae » Mydas » Mydas tibialis
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Mydas tibialis? No orange band. - Mydas tibialis - male
Copyright © 2017 Timothy X Loeffler

Mydas tibialis? No orange band. - Mydas tibialis - Male
Union Twp. , Whitley County, Indiana, USA
July 25, 2017
Size: At least 31mm long
Found about 15ft high up on a tree trunk where a large limb had been cut off last year.

It has no orange band like the others I have seen previously.

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Mydas tibialis? No orange band. - Mydas tibialis - male Mydas tibialis? No orange band. - Mydas tibialis - male Mydas tibialis? No orange band. - Mydas tibialis - male Mydas tibialis? No orange band. - Mydas tibialis - male
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Contributed by Timothy X Loeffler on 25 July, 2017 - 3:45pm
Last updated 30 March, 2020 - 9:33pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 25 July, 2017 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Male
Determining the gender in this genus is tricky, but here are some things to look for:
♂ - Males - Abdomen tip has long hairs and some sclerites or spines (small appendages) on the lateral edges. (dorsal views)
♀ - Female - Abdomen tip has very short hairs and is pointed in the middle. (along the center-line)
Here are some shots of what I believe are female abdomens: ♀ Also, see my comments here: ♀ and here: ♂
… Bob Biagi, 25 July, 2017 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the information
From your comments I would tend to lean slightly toward male, due to the non-pointed abdomen. Do you agree?
… Timothy X Loeffler, 25 July, 2017 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
:)
… Bob Biagi, 25 July, 2017 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

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