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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Woodlouse Flies (Rhinophoridae) » Melanophora » Melanophora roralis
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Periscepsia? - Melanophora roralis
Copyright © 2020 Ken Schneider

Periscepsia? - Melanophora roralis
Presidio, Fort Scott, San Francisco County, California, USA
October 26, 2020
Size: 5 mm
This small dark tachinid was flitting about actively on the trunk of a large pine tree. I collected it - it's possible there were two or more of these flies and my specimen might not be the same one I photographed live... Looks like it might be Periscepsia, but I can't find any bristles on R1 to make it laevigata.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 27 October, 2020 - 8:15pm
Last updated 3 November, 2020 - 4:36pm

Moved
Moved from Oestroidea.

Det. Arturo Santos - see iNat link here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63673868
… Ken Schneider, 3 November, 2020 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Paul Rude -
was kind enough to take a quick look at these images and commented:

"Very likely Melanophora, which is fairly common locally. Jerry Powell has collected many at lights in Berkeley. The overall habitus is wrong for Periscepsia; also, in Periscepsia M meets R at a sharp angle, not a curve".
… Ken Schneider, 28 October, 2020 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Added -
additional photos of venter, scutellum and posterior spiracle. I'm starting to be convinced this is Melanophora, but I don't have experience with that family.
… Ken Schneider, 28 October, 2020 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Parasitic Flies.
… John F. Carr, 28 October, 2020 - 3:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 28 October, 2020 - 3:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Parasitic Flies.

Now that I think about it, could this be Melanophora?
… Ken Schneider, 27 October, 2020 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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