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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physocephala » Physocephala burgessi
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Conopid of some kind? - Physocephala burgessi - female
Copyright © 2009 Gary McDonald

Conopid of some kind? - Physocephala burgessi - Female
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
June 22, 2009
Size: ~13mm total length.
Seen on yarrow in our yard. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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Conopid of some kind? - Physocephala burgessi - female Conopid of some kind? - Physocephala burgessi
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 26 June, 2009 - 2:55pm
Last updated 17 January, 2014 - 10:56pm

Moved
Moved from Physocephala.

The overall dark brick-red color; the pure red cheeks; the black anterior coxa; the 2:1 proportion of length-to-width of the scape (=basal joint of antenna); the hyaline discal cell; and the location here all point to P. burgessi. Also characteristic of this species is the single, black, medial "bar" on the anterior half of the dorsum of the thorax (and about 1/3 its width), which is clearly visible in the 2nd image. See the references on the info page for details.

The evident ventral bulge on the the 5th sternite (i.e the theca) indicates this is a female.
… Aaron Schusteff, 11 June, 2013 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Thick-headed Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 10 July, 2011 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

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