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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Cythereinae » Pantarbes » Pantarbes willistoni
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Unknown 'Bug' 7940 - Pantarbes willistoni
Copyright © 2018 Clifford Powell

Unknown 'Bug' 7940 - Pantarbes willistoni
Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
March 22, 2018
A large number of these Bee Flies in flight now.
Would appreciate an ID, please.
TIA
Cliff - -
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Contributed by Clifford Powell on 26 March, 2018 - 8:42am
Last updated 18 May, 2020 - 10:00am

Moved
This is the only all-black Pantarbes.

Moved from Pantarbes.
… Joel Kits, 18 May, 2020 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I'm not sure of the gender. The relatively small eye-gap suggests that this is a male, but the short and fat abdomen looks female. (...could be due to the way it is posed) This may be more obvious with further examples of this species, in the future.
Compare the wing veins here: Note, the R2+3 vein is very curved. (near the wing apex) Check the Drawwing.org example for the genus Pantarbes.
… Bob Biagi, 26 March, 2018 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Pantarbes sp.
Going by the unique wing veins and skinny antennae, this belongs in the genus Pantarbes. This is the first one that we have seen from New Mexico, wow! The all-dark hairs and body coloring appear to be very different from the other two posted species.
… Bob Biagi, 26 March, 2018 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee Fly
Thank you very much for the ID. I have a couple more new ones (for me) that I haven't submitted yet. For some reason I'm partial to these little 'bugs'.
… Clifford Powell, 26 March, 2018 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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