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Black Conopidae - Physocephala tibialis

Black Conopidae - Physocephala tibialis
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
July 24, 2019
Size: about 12 mm body lenght
at Arnold arboretum, at a pond shore

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Moved from Physocephala.

Yes...P. tibialis is the best place for this, though the red-tinged edges of the central black area on the frons bring to mind the "aberrant" members of that species discussed in this forum article.

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Thanks, I assume Physocephala
Thanks, I assume Physocephala tibialis after seeing that all the Physocephala photographed in Massachusetts in Bugguide are tibialis an matches with mine :)

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