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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Proctacanthus
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Asilidae - Proctacanthus - female
Copyright © 2018 Salvador Vitanza

Asilidae - Proctacanthus - Female
Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 27, 2018
Size: 29 mm
Whitehouse Picnic Area
Attracted to mercury vapor and ultraviolet lights
Coordinates: 31.733566, -110.882223

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 30 July, 2018 - 9:23pm
Last updated 31 July, 2018 - 12:38pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
Moved based on Dr. Tristan McKnight's determination
… Salvador Vitanza, 31 July, 2018 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Proctacanthus
Female Proctacanthus. You can tell it's in the subfamily Asilinae because the r1 cell is closed and there's a hairlike arista (plus gestalt shape). Cool that you found it at lights; there's only one other such record on bugguide (keep those coming!)
… Tristan McKnight, 31 July, 2018 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Tristan!
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