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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Aphoebantini » Epacmus
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Bee Fly - Epacmus - female
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Bee Fly - Epacmus - Female
Sycamore Canyon - Coronado National Forest, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
October 19, 2007
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 22 October, 2007 - 9:29pm
Last updated 12 May, 2017 - 7:07pm

Moved
Moved from Aphoebantus.
… Keith Bayless, 12 May, 2017 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

ID
This is one that would be placed in Epacmus, but I don't think Epacmus is a valid genus. I place all Epacmus in Aphoebantus.
… Andy Calderwood, 1 December, 2007 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

 
where is this synonymy?
I can't find it. Evenhuis, Yeates, and Trautwein have all published papers recently using Epacmus
… Keith Bayless, 12 May, 2017 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Tom Bentley, 23 October, 2007 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

Aphoebantus, based on
wing venation, incl. 2 posterior cells, spur extending backwards from the end of the crossvein-like basal section of the anterior branch of the 3rd vein; subglobular head, sparse vestiture; scutellum is bilobed in some Aphoebantus spp. (shared with some other bombyliids, but they're different in other respects). This one looks like a female with the eyes this much separated. Quite sure of the genus.
… Hartmut Wisch, 22 October, 2007 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Harmut.
Thanks Harmut.
… Tom Bentley, 23 October, 2007 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

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