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Thick-headed Fly: Physocephala?? - Physoconops - female
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Thick-headed Fly: Physocephala?? - Physoconops - Female
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park, Dania, Broward County, Florida, USA
January 10, 2019
Apologies for the fuzzy pix

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Thick-headed Fly: Physocephala?? - Physoconops - female Thick-headed Fly: Physocephala?? - Physoconops - female Thick-headed Fly: Physocephala?? - Physoconops - female
Contributed by sarinole on 16 January, 2019 - 8:16am
Last updated 22 August, 2019 - 2:51am

Moved
Moved from Conopinae.
… Aaron Schusteff, 10 February, 2019 - 12:30am

Physoconops?
based on the subfamily page comment: "5) In many (but not all!) Physoconops the female's theca (see thumbnail below) is noticeably much longer than it is in Physocephala"


wait for an expert to confirm/correct that ID
… Steve Scholnick, 16 January, 2019 - 11:04am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 January, 2019 - 10:04am

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