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Asilid - Laphystia
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Asilid - Laphystia
White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
June 14, 2018
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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 14 July, 2018 - 2:45pm
Last updated 16 July, 2018 - 6:23am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Jeff Gruber, 16 July, 2018 - 6:23am

Laphystia sp., nr./= tolandi.
Laphystia sp., nr./= tolandi. Looks to be this species (prob. a male); but record is much further east than previously known distribution (Nev., Calif., Ore., Idaho, Utah). ?
… Eric Fisher, 15 July, 2018 - 3:52pm

 
Thanks
Thanks Eric.

Is this possibly a female of the same species?
… Jeff Gruber, 16 July, 2018 - 6:26am

 
Four species
known for NM otherwise. And I don't have descriptions of those. And there are no photos of them here on bugguide.
… Herschel Raney, 19 July, 2018 - 3:47pm

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