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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Leptogastrinae » Tipulogaster » Tipulogaster glabrata
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Robber Fly - Tipulogaster glabrata
Copyright © 2005 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Robber Fly - Tipulogaster glabrata
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
July 6, 2005
Size: 20mm
leptogaster sp.?

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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 8 July, 2005 - 12:40pm
Last updated 5 April, 2006 - 2:31pm

Leptogaster, not Tipulogaster
This actually looks like one of the Leptogaster species that also has the shellacked scutum look (there are a few in the US) instead of Tipulogaster. The stylus looks too long and the postpedicel (first flagellomere) too short to be Tipulogaster, plus the dark leg bands on the hind femur are in the wrong spots.
… Tristan McKnight, 25 January, 2020 - 4:18am login or register to post comments

Robber
The Leptogastrinae were broken up into several genera and this appears to be Tipulogaster glabrata. Amazing to have one come to your screen though they are often captured in malaise flight traps. Many people would not recognize them as robbers. Nice shots.
… Herschel Raney, 8 July, 2005 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Robber Fly
Herschel;
Thanks for the information.
At first I thought it was an Ichneumon, but the eyes gave it away.
I identified it in the Peterson guide.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 8 July, 2005 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

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