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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Bombyliini » Anastoechus
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UID BEE - Anastoechus
Copyright © 2009 sheransd

UID BEE - Anastoechus
Sinks Canyon, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
September 29, 2008
Size: ~ 13mm
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Contributed by sheransd on 16 February, 2009 - 3:25pm
Last updated 7 February, 2010 - 6:29pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 21 March, 2009 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

Moving to family page for now...
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… Ken Schneider, 18 March, 2009 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Bee fly, but can't help with a definitive ID -
Lets see....
Its not a Lordotus which has three submarginals (which look like this: .
The broad head reminded me briefly of Pantarbes, but that sp. also has three submarginals (see this one:
, so we can exclude that one as well.
Sorry, to start with exclusions. It could be an Anastoechus sp.; for that species the wing venation, what's visible, seems to work.
Perhaps Andy Calderwood will chime in.
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 February, 2009 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

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Bee fly sp???
… Matt Edmonds, 16 February, 2009 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, bee fly
Might be Lordotus. Check here, paying close attention to wing veins.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/17600/bgimage

If you don't get an expert ID in a few days, please move your post to Bee Flies.
… Ron Hemberger, 16 February, 2009 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Certainly not Lordotus, the wing venation is wrong. Lordotus has a very distinctive third submarginal cell and flared r1 cell. This looks like something in the Systoechus / Anastoechus line.
… Andy Calderwood, 16 February, 2009 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

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