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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Efferia » Staminea group (Efferia Staminea group) » Efferia inflata
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Asilidae - Efferia inflata - female
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Monroe

Asilidae - Efferia inflata - Female
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
April 29, 2008
Size: Body length about 12 mm
This female was seen in Culp Valley, elevation about 3000 ft. It looks like she is ovipositing in grass. She has a long neck and terminal style. Possibly Efferia sp?
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 11 March, 2009 - 4:32am
Last updated 11 March, 2009 - 3:43pm

Moved
Moved from Staminea group.
… Ken Schneider, 11 March, 2009 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Efferia inflata female;
identifiable by coloration and by tubercules at base of ovipositor. Males would have very broad (globose) genitalia. Nice shot!
… Eric Fisher, 11 March, 2009 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

 
Efferia inflata female
It's great to get this female to species! Thank you so much, Dr. Fisher. Your help is much appreciated.
… Lynn Monroe, 11 March, 2009 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Appears -
to be a new species for BG!? Can someone tell me which "species group" this one lies in, so that we can create a new guide page for it?
… Ken Schneider, 11 March, 2009 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Efferia inflata is in the sta
Efferia inflata is in the staminea group.
… Eric Fisher, 11 March, 2009 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Moved to new guide page.
… Ken Schneider, 11 March, 2009 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

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