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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physocephala » Physocephala texana
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Thick headed fly ... Physoconops sp. ? - Physocephala texana - male
Copyright © 2008 Beth Sands

Thick headed fly ... Physoconops sp. ? - Physocephala texana - Male
Livermore , Alameda creek, Alameda County, California, USA
August 25, 2008
Size: 1/2 "
I recognize this fellow as a thick headed fly , but am not sure which one . This fly looks like a wasp . Anyhow , I do not come across many of these strange flies so I thought that I would enter him in the Bugguide . IU am only guessing Physoconops species because of my handy and great Kaufman field guide . It is nearly impossible to find an insect that is not already pictured in this book ! Thanks for any comments , Beth

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Thick headed fly ... Physoconops sp. ? - Physocephala texana - male Thick headed fly ... Physoconops sp. ? - Physocephala texana - male
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Contributed by Beth Sands on 25 August, 2008 - 10:29pm
Last updated 17 January, 2014 - 10:48pm

Moved
Moved from Physocephala.

Overall gestalt here is of P. texana, and the yellow area of cheeks, visible here in front of eye from below, definitively cinches ID (ruling out P. burgessi, with its uniformly dark reddish cheeks).
… Aaron Schusteff, 22 December, 2013 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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