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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physocephala » Physocephala marginata
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Thick-headed Fly sp. - Physocephala marginata
Copyright © 2008 Rich Kelly

Thick-headed Fly sp. - Physocephala marginata
Muttontown Preserve, Nassau County, New York, USA
August 21, 2008
Size: 10mm +/-
Seen on Winged Sumac.
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Contributed by Rich Kelly on 22 August, 2008 - 9:48am
Last updated 28 December, 2013 - 12:05am

Moved
Moved from Physocephala furcillata.

For (copious) details on the move here, see comment under post below:

… Aaron Schusteff, 28 December, 2013 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for putting it in its
Thanks for putting it in its final resting place.
… Rich Kelly, 29 December, 2013 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Physoconops or Physocephala.
Det. Lee Penner
… Beatriz Moisset, 11 December, 2013 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the info and thank
Thanks for the info and thanks to Lee.
I see quite a few of these things. I'll try not to just write them off as unidentifiable in the future.
… Rich Kelly, 13 December, 2013 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

ID
A thick-headed fly (Diptera: Conopidae), maybe Physoconops or Physocephala.
… Andy Calderwood, 22 August, 2008 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for guiding me in the
Thanks for guiding me in the right direction.
… Rich Kelly, 22 August, 2008 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

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