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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Apioceridae » Flower-loving flies (Apiocera)
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ID please - Apiocera - male
Copyright © 2010 Liz Baker-Bullock

ID please - Apiocera - Male
Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA
June 20, 2010
Size: 3 cm
Thinking it's a robber fly but not quite sure which one.
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Contributed by Liz Baker-Bullock on 20 June, 2010 - 6:53pm
Last updated 3 September, 2012 - 5:22pm

This is a Male
As indicated by the large, dark, bulbous, pair of "hemitergites" (= the dorso-lateral covering of the terminalia).
… Aaron Schusteff, 3 September, 2012 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Apioceridae.
… Keith Bayless, 22 June, 2010 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

Much better than a robber fly
Much better than a robber fly!!
… Martin Hauser, 20 June, 2010 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Better then a robber fly...
What do you mean?
… Liz Baker-Bullock, 20 June, 2010 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Apiocerids are rare flies whi
Apiocerids are rare flies which you only can find in the southern part of the US... Robberflies you can see everywhere in great numbers...
… Martin Hauser, 21 June, 2010 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
ID
And this is Apiocera, the only genus in NA left in the family.
… Andy Calderwood, 21 June, 2010 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 20 June, 2010 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

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