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Conopidae ID request - Physocephala sagittaria - female
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Conopidae ID request - Physocephala sagittaria - Female
Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 27, 2019
Hoping that Aaron Schusteff will weigh in.

BugGuide Gathering_2019

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Conopidae ID request - Physocephala sagittaria - female Conopidae ID request - Physocephala sagittaria - female Conopidae ID request - Physocephala sagittaria - female
Contributed by John Lampkin on 8 August, 2019 - 9:06pm
Last updated 26 August, 2019 - 2:07pm

Moved
Moved from Physocephala.
… Aaron Schusteff, 26 August, 2019 - 2:06pm

Nice photos, John :-)
Note the darkly-infuscated discal cell; red scutellum; fairly-large golden-yellow humeral dashes; yellowish vertex; and overall color pattern indicate this is Physocephala sagittaria...all these characters are illustrated in the labelled image below:

   

And the presence of a theca pointing forward from the 5th sternite, together with the hook-like tip of the abdomen, indicates a female.

Hope you all had a great time at the 2019 BugGuide gathering :-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 26 August, 2019 - 2:06pm

 
As hoped for...
...and then some! Thanks for weighing in, Aaron. Your input is always to the point and helpful.
… John Lampkin, 26 August, 2019 - 3:04pm

Moved
Moved from Thick-headed Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 August, 2019 - 10:01pm

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