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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Phasiinae » Gymnosomatini » Xanthomelanodes
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Reality check: Is this Cylindromyia? - Xanthomelanodes
Copyright © 2008 Ron Hemberger

Reality check: Is this Cylindromyia? - Xanthomelanodes
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
July 14, 2008
If this fly is later considered for species ID, note red eyes and relatively compact abdomen.

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Reality check: Is this Cylindromyia? - Xanthomelanodes Reality check: Is this Cylindromyia? - Xanthomelanodes Reality check: Is this Cylindromyia? - Xanthomelanodes
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 14 July, 2008 - 9:25pm
Last updated 12 July, 2010 - 2:35pm

Probably californicus
Probably Xanthomelanodes californicus.
… John F. Carr, 21 February, 2016 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks loads, John
Could you open a new page for this, or am I premature?
… Ron Hemberger, 21 February, 2016 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cylindromyia.
… Ron Hemberger, 12 July, 2010 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

Tachinidae: prob. Xanthomelanodes sp.
Tachinidae: prob. Xanthomelanodes sp. ...it is not Trichopoda
… Norm Woodley, 12 July, 2010 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah ha! Thought it looked different.
Thanks so much, Norm.
… Ron Hemberger, 12 July, 2010 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

I agree
Looks like it to me. I thought at first trichopoda but it doesn't have those feathery legs.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 14 July, 2008 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Exactly what I did.
Thanks, Jon.
… Ron Hemberger, 14 July, 2008 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Or Xanthomelanodes?
Not at all sure, but see genera info. pages - you've got some yellow on the base of the legs here - and X-melanodes does occur in California, although we don't have western images yet - I just submitted a set, I think...
… Ken Schneider, 11 July, 2010 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting. Mine looks like it's right in the middle.
Previously, I wasn't aware of Xanthomelanodes. Thanks for the info, Ken. I've subscribed to your post and hope something definitive happens there.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 July, 2010 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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