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Geron series from north of Death Valley - Geron - male

Geron series from north of Death Valley - Geron - Male
Mouth of Cottonwood Canyon, at southeast base of the White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
June 16, 2009
I keyed this in Hull(1) and it went unambiguously to the genus Geron. I have no idea which species though, and comments on other BugGuide Geron posts indicate that determination of species in this genus typically requires examination of genitalia...oh well :-) At any rate, they're elegant little bombyliids!

This one was resting here between foraging forays on the desert shrub Psorothamnus polydenius, in the pea family (Fabaceae). I presume it's male from the holoptic eyes (best seen it subsequent images in this series).

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Moved
Moved from Geron.