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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stichopogoninae » Lasiopogon » Lasiopogon currani
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small robber fly - Lasiopogon currani - female
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

small robber fly - Lasiopogon currani - Female
Topsham, Orange County, Vermont, USA
May 27, 2008
Size: ~6mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 30 May, 2008 - 5:32pm
Last updated 4 June, 2008 - 6:31pm

Black tipped halter
Rob, thanks for the identification and a great explanation.
… tom murray, 4 June, 2008 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Nice female
Man those are small Tom.
… Herschel Raney, 1 June, 2008 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Herschel
The size is estimated. It might be 7mm, but not much bigger.
… tom murray, 1 June, 2008 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Lasiopogon currani (female)
This is Lasiopogon currani, a small asilid that ranges from Ontario south to Georgia in, and east of, the Appalachian Mountains. It's a small species in a genus of small robber flies; Tom is right, it ranges in length from about 6 to 8 mm. This is a dark specimen; many have reddish tarsi, tibiae and genitalia and the third antennal segment is often reddish, too. The giveaway here (if you can see it) is that the top surface of the halter is completely black. This is the only Lasiopogon in the region that has this character.
… Rob Cannings, 3 June, 2008 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

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