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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Parataracticus » Parataracticus wyliei
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ID for Small, Red Robber Fly in CA? - Parataracticus wyliei - male
Copyright © 2010 Harsi S. Parker

ID for Small, Red Robber Fly in CA? - Parataracticus wyliei - Male
Webb Canyon, ~2000 ft. elevation, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 2, 2009
Size: ~5 mm
Would love to get input on this charming asilid that I rescued from the pool last Summer. If more views are needed in order to come up with an ID, please let me know what is required as I do have other shots. Thanks!

Surrounding habitat is chaparral and mixed oak woodland.

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ID for Small, Red Robber Fly in CA? - Parataracticus wyliei - male ID for Small, Red Robber Fly in CA? - Parataracticus wyliei - male ID for Small, Red Robber Fly in CA? - Parataracticus wyliei - male
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Contributed by Harsi S. Parker on 7 January, 2010 - 3:52pm
Last updated 3 April, 2010 - 5:48pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Tim Loh, 7 January, 2010 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

Parataracticus wyliei (male):
Parataracticus wyliei (male): congratulations Harsi--a new genus for BugGuide! These little guys are indeed quite charming; they can be found sitting in bare patches of ground in chaparral areas. (In the Dasypogoninae.)
… Eric Fisher, 7 January, 2010 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

 
What a wonderful surprise...
...thanks, Eric! I'm very pleased to be able to provide some representation for this genus on BugGuide. I just submitted another specimen which looks very similar, but with a few notable differences (see my comments on this post) and I'm very curious to get your input on that one as well.
… Harsi S. Parker, 7 January, 2010 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
neat!!!
that other one must be his mate
btw, i e-mailed Norm Lavers immediately once i noticed this charmer of yours
… v belov, 7 January, 2010 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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