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Asilid - Atomosiella antennata

Asilid - Atomosiella antennata
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
June 9, 2018
I found these in the grasses off the John P. Taylor Jr. Memorial Trail on the refuge.

For more info including habitat shots see here.

Moved
Moved from Laphriinae.

Atomosiella antennata;
Yes, this genus and species indeed Jeff; and both new for BugGuide! This pretty asilid is thought to be the Nearctic Region's only endemic genus of Atomosiini. Recent study, however, shows Atomosiella to be a synonym of the Palaearctic genus Amathomyia (A. persiana, type of Amathomyia, looks almost identical to this sp.); both flies inhabit very similar desert environments -- one in Central Asia, the other in the sw. N. America). (Please enter as Atomosiella antennata for now.)

 
Thanks
Thanks much for the det and info Eric.

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