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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Backomyia
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Robber fly 8mm - Backomyia - female
Copyright © 2018 Eric P Shultz

Robber fly 8mm - Backomyia - Female
Caja del Rio Plateau, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
November 10, 2018
Size: ~8mm
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Contributed by Eric P Shultz on 12 November, 2018 - 12:00pm
Last updated 15 November, 2018 - 6:14pm

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… Bob Biagi, 15 November, 2018 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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… Bob Biagi, 15 November, 2018 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

nice little fly
this is probably a specimen of Backomyia. One of the key features is/are very stout, black bristle(s) off the basal antennomere. I *think* I can see that from your photo. Was it collected on rocky substrate along the edge of a cliff/canyon? That's where we usually see them in Quay Co., N.M.
… beetledude63, 13 November, 2018 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

 
See photo 1612482
I've posted another photo from the same population that shows some bristles. Thanks for the info.
… Eric P Shultz, 13 November, 2018 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

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