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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria astur
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Laphria of sorts? - Laphria astur - male
Copyright © 2018 Gary Griswold

Laphria of sorts? - Laphria astur - Male
8 mi. SE Cle Elum -Taneum Canyon, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
June 1, 2018
Size: ~ 21 mm
Resting on vegetation. This Asilid is a Laphria of sorts? Confirmation, correction, and further placement would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 9 June, 2018 - 5:58pm
Last updated 12 June, 2018 - 3:16pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Gary Griswold, 12 June, 2018 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Laphria sp., prob. astur (mal
Laphria sp., prob. astur (male). Very nice images -- on difficult to ID specimen! Pleural sclerites blacker-haired than typical for L. astur (anepisternum all black, yellow is normal), but katatergal setae yellow (would be all black in L. sackeni). Yellow setae laterally on basal tergites more typical for astur than sackeni, so former sp. is choice; these two spp. are main Pacific Coast state Laphria with an all yellow scutum, as others (e.g. columbica) are black-haired on anterior half of scutum. (Thanks to Dr. Rob Cannings for collaboration on this ID.)
… Eric Fisher, 12 June, 2018 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Eric.
Appreciate the help, I'll move images to L. astur.
… Gary Griswold, 12 June, 2018 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

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