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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Leptogastrinae » Tipulogaster » Tipulogaster glabrata
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Tipulogaster glabrata - female
Copyright © 2008 Cotinis

Tipulogaster glabrata - Female
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 19, 2007
Size: 18 mm wingspan
This wandered into my "bug tent" (an accidental malaise trap) last summer. I captured and posed it for some close-ups. Body length about 15 mm, wingspan about 18 mm (wing chord about 8 mm).

Thanks for the ID folks--see comments. (Image updated 2019.)

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Tipulogaster glabrata - female Tipulogaster glabrata - female Tipulogaster glabrata - female Tipulogaster glabrata - female
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Contributed by Cotinis on 21 February, 2008 - 2:57pm
Last updated 23 December, 2019 - 12:08pm

Yes
That is a female Tipulogaster glabrata.
… Herschel Raney, 21 February, 2008 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

Asilidae
I'm no fly expert but looks like a Leptogastrinae Asilidae to me.
… Kojun Kanda, 21 February, 2008 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Of course!
Oh, that makes sense, now that I look at it--I was barking up the wrong tree! Looks pretty close to these, for instance:
… Cotinis, 21 February, 2008 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

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