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Amphicosmus arizonicus
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Copyright © 2017
Salvador Vitanza
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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Contributed by
Salvador Vitanza
on 17 September, 2017 - 10:57pm
Last updated 20 September, 2017 - 10:56pm
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
).
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Aaron Schusteff
, 20 September, 2017 - 10:56pm
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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!
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Salvador Vitanza
, 20 September, 2017 - 11:17pm
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Moved
Moved from
Flies
.
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John F. Carr
, 19 September, 2017 - 6:34am
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Bombyliidae
Maybe something in/near
Amphicosmus
?
(Not an ID by any means.)
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 18 September, 2017 - 4:57am
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Great!
This one stumped me, but your suggestion looks like a match.
Thank you Ken!
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Salvador Vitanza
, 18 September, 2017 - 6:54am
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