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Orthorrhapha - Amphicosmus arizonicus

Orthorrhapha - Amphicosmus arizonicus
Pena Blanca Lake, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 16, 2017
Size: 8.5 mm
Attracted to mercury vapor light
Coordinates: 31.402983, -111.087581

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Moved
Moved from Amphicosmus.

Nice find, Salvador. Note that A. arizonicus is the only species in the genus having the bold transverse infuscation seen at the mid-wing here (as described in the 3rd to last sentence of the original description). The other species in the genus have hyaline wings (see their descriptions...linked to under "Numbers" here).

 
Thank you Aaron for posting related literature!
Actually, it was Margarethe Brummermann who first noticed this fly on the sheet and let me have it for imaging. That day, Mike Quinn was visiting the area and we joined him at Pena Blanca Lake for blacklighting. Good times!

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Bombyliidae
Maybe something in/near Amphicosmus?



(Not an ID by any means.)

 
Great!
This one stumped me, but your suggestion looks like a match.
Thank you Ken!

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