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Unknown Bombyliidae - Neacreotrichus - male

Unknown Bombyliidae - Neacreotrichus - Male
Off Death Valley-Wacauba Road, about 12 miles east of Big Pine, Inyo County, California, USA
November 7, 2007
Size: Small: ~ 4mm
Hull(1) states of Phthiria that:

"The (maxillary) palpus is extraordinarily slender and long in some species..."

I think a long thin palpus is barely visible in this image.

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Unknown Bombyliidae - Neacreotrichus - male Unknown Bombyliidae - Neacreotrichus - male Unknown Bombyliidae - Neacreotrichus - male Unknown Bombyliidae - Neacreotrichus - male Unknown Bombyliidae - Neacreotrichus - male

Moved
Moved from Phthiriinae.

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.

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