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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Hemipenthes » Hemipenthes lepidota
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Chrysanthrax or Hemipenthes? - Hemipenthes lepidota
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Chrysanthrax or Hemipenthes? - Hemipenthes lepidota
Alluvial scrub on East bank of wash, ~ 1000 ft., Eaton Canyon Natural Area, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 13, 2006
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 29 November, 2007 - 2:50pm
Last updated 9 June, 2008 - 12:45pm

Moved
Moved from Hemipenthes lepidota.
… Joel Kits, 9 June, 2008 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Villini.
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 December, 2007 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

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I see this guy all over the Southwest. I've always considered it a Hemipenthes. Note the rounded face and onion-shaped flagellum with the long, needle-like style. Chrysanthrax (minus the grab bag flotsam tossed in there) has a more gradually produced flagellar style and a pointy face. Granted, the bold white bands are atypical for the group, but that should make the ID all the easier.
… Andy Calderwood, 11 December, 2007 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Hemipenthes seems like
a good way to go, and thank for your help!
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 December, 2007 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

Striking
Very nice fly, specimen, and shooting.
… Ron Hemberger, 29 November, 2007 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
but here's something else that'll be of interest to you.
You might recall our discussion about Poecilanthrax willistonii. Here's one that does look like it, A. Calderwood thinks so, too: 1.
… Hartmut Wisch, 29 November, 2007 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Odd you should mention this one.
I tried to find it a couple days ago, but couldn't. Now I realize the species ID is gone. However, there do seem to be some P. willistonii at the site; more study is needed.
… Ron Hemberger, 29 November, 2007 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

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