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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria)
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Asilidae - Laphria
Copyright © 2019 Aaron Eckley

Asilidae - Laphria
Ames, Iowa State University; Pammel Woods, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 8, 2019
Size: 19mm

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Contributed by Aaron Eckley on 17 July, 2019 - 12:43am
Last updated 28 July, 2019 - 5:32pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Bob Biagi, 28 July, 2019 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Laphria
Not Cyrtopogon with the closed r1 cell, and I don't know of any jet black Asilinae / Ommatiinae in Iowa, which leaves only Laphriinae. Hard to tell with the dark lighting and only the top angle, but the black sclerites and white hairs on the legs and sides of the tergites look like it's probably Laphria sicula. Any side shots (and especially shots of the genitalia?)
… Tristan McKnight, 28 July, 2019 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

I need
better light and a side shot of the whole insect. It may be Cyrtopogon falto.
… Herschel Raney, 18 July, 2019 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

These are good shots, but the wing veins are not showing up well, against the dark background. You might want to re-image one of the wings and then add it in here. (just a suggestion)
… Bob Biagi, 17 July, 2019 - 1:03am login or register to post comments

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