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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Neomochtherus » Neomochtherus latipennis
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Robber - Neomochtherus latipennis
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Meeds

Robber - Neomochtherus latipennis
Powell Gardens, near Kansas City, Johnson County, Missouri, USA
September 6, 2009
Any ideas on this robber? Thanks.
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 6 September, 2009 - 8:31pm
Last updated 8 March, 2012 - 10:02am

Moved
Moved from Machimus autumnalis.
… v belov, 8 March, 2012 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

Neomochtherus
Paul is right; Machimus/Tolmerus flies have longer epandria that don't curve around like this. This is a Neomochtherus, probably N. latipennis. The genus is distinctive for its round and thick epandria, no presutral dorsocentral bristles, flat face with minimal mystax, short proboscis, and light colored legs.
… Tristan McKnight, 8 March, 2012 - 2:54am login or register to post comments

 
Compare
Here's a good specimen for comparison:
… Tristan McKnight, 8 March, 2012 - 2:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Machimus sadyates.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 25 November, 2009 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

Well, on second thought (to be honest,
you can only go so far keying insects from a photograph), the character for the tibia of "apical 1/4 (or less) blackish" sends me to M. autumnalis, where I will now move this.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 25 November, 2009 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Machimus sp.
I respectfully disagree that this is M. autumnalis. It should show entirely black femora and a more narrow epandrium with a pronounced downward bent at the tip to be that species. I'm not sure what this is though. The leg color does more match sadyates, but I don't think its that species either. I notice prominent white hairs on the right front tibia (not visible on the left, focus?)
… Paul Bedell, 18 February, 2010 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Machimus.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 10 November, 2009 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

All black femora and
largely brown tibiae make this Machimus sadyates.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 10 November, 2009 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 1 November, 2009 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 24 September, 2009 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

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