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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Richardiidae » Sepsisoma » Dark Arizona species (Sepsisoma Dark Arizona species)
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Sepsidae? - Sepsisoma
Copyright © 2009 cwmelton

Sepsidae? - Sepsisoma
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 8, 2009
Black Scavenger Fly?
Elevation 5,000. ft.
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Contributed by cwmelton on 8 July, 2009 - 10:36pm
Last updated 15 February, 2024 - 8:26am

Moved
Moved from Sepsisoma.
… John F. Carr, 15 February, 2024 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

Sepsisoma, male (AZ)
No question about the genus after I have had a chance to check the literature. The genus is most diverse in the New World tropics, and most of the species there are black like this one.
… Matthias Buck, 13 July, 2009 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

No,
much more interesting than Sepsidae! This is a richardiid but I am not sure which genus. Note the erect setae near the apex of the first abdominal segment. Great find!
… Matthias Buck, 11 July, 2009 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

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