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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphystiinae » Laphystia
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fly - Laphystia
Copyright © 2019 Joyce Gross

fly - Laphystia
Afton Canyon, Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, USA
April 19, 2015
Came to UV light.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 5 January, 2019 - 3:31am
Last updated 21 January, 2019 - 2:19pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… John F. Carr, 21 January, 2019 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

Laphystia
Nice find! I'm guessing this is Laphystia howlandi Wilcox or something close to that, but Eric has the best experience with this group (I'm just using Wilcox 1960 for reference).
Cool that it came to the light, too. I've been compiling records about asilid nocturnal behavior, and this is the first Laphystiini I've found reference to doing that.
… Tristan McKnight, 21 January, 2019 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 5 January, 2019 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

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