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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini
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Villini
Copyright © 2008 Hartmut Wisch

Villini
Hastings Reserve, Santa Lucia Range, Monterey County, California, USA
June 6, 2008
Size: ~ 6 mm
In Chamise chaparral.
Somewhat different in color and pattern from others I've posted.
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 11 June, 2008 - 4:57pm
Last updated 12 June, 2008 - 10:26pm

Moved
Moved from Lepidanthrax.
… Hartmut Wisch, 12 June, 2008 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

Well,
I thought I had seen fairly broad abdominal scales, together with the small size...Perhaps not sufficiently reflected. I can see now that the antennae alone don't fit Lepidanthrax .
I thought to have seen a Rhynchanthrax at La Purissima some time ago, and since there's only one sp. in CA, that would be capreus . I had forgotten about it, though just see a note in my files to get a specimen this fall. Take a look and see what you think.
For now, I'll put this in Villini.
I thank both of you for keeping me alert!
… Hartmut Wisch, 12 June, 2008 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

Rhynchanthrax?
Hopefully Andy will be able to confirm or correct, but this looks like a species I've identified from specimens as Rhynchanthrax capreus.
… Joel Kits, 12 June, 2008 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
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I have been reluctant to weigh in on this one because I have been burned on a few of my more speculative assignments. I will say that this doesn't look at all like Lepidanthrax (too elongate, face appears to be produced, abdominal scale pattern not right). I would lean toward Chrysanthrax or maybe Rhynchanthrax, though I can't see the beak from this angle.
Conservatively yours,
-Andy
… Andy Calderwood, 12 June, 2008 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

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