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Photo#20259
Thick-headed Fly - Physocephala tibialis - male

Thick-headed Fly - Physocephala tibialis - Male
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 13, 2005
ID from comparing images in the guide.

Moved
Moved from Physocephala.

Physocephala tibialis
I'm doing a Nearctic revision of Conopidae.
This species is Physocephala tibialis. (male)
Trevor Burt
MSc. Candidate
Carleton University
Canadian National Collection of Insects
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 
Thanks for the ID Trevor
and thanks for moving v.

Physocephala
See comments under #22399.

Physoconops or Physocephala
As the quality of the images keep improving, maybe soon we'll be able to tell the two genera apart.
And a little bee to boot.

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