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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physocephala » Physocephala furcillata
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Fly from Adirondacks - Physocephala furcillata - male
Copyright © 2007 Beatriz Moisset

Fly from Adirondacks - Physocephala furcillata - Male
Tupper Lake, Franklin County, New York, USA
July 18, 2004
Probably Physocephala.
On common milkweed, with pollinia hanging from its front leg.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 19 December, 2007 - 5:26pm
Last updated 1 February, 2019 - 2:35pm

Moved
Moved from Physoconops or Physocephala.
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 December, 2013 - 4:55am login or register to post comments

furcillata
The hyaline discal and costal cells and black scutellem, and the short 1st antennal segment clinch the ID here for P. furcillata. The thin white humeral dashes are consistent with that species (though they're usually smaller). White pollinose tergites here are unusual/interesting.
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 December, 2013 - 4:52am login or register to post comments

Physocephala
From position of crossvein r-m vis-a-vis discal cell.
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 December, 2013 - 4:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Conopinae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 4 August, 2009 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

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