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Physoconops bulbirostris
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Copyright © 2010
Christy Beal
Wasp or a fly? -
Physoconops bulbirostris
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Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
May 22, 2010
I found this critter yesterday. Not sure if it's a wasp or a fly.
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Contributed by
Christy Beal
on 23 June, 2010 - 8:56pm
Last updated 1 December, 2016 - 9:58pm
Moved
Moved from
Subgenus Pachyconops
.
Salient characters: vertex and frons entirely black; flagellomere and pedicel subequal; 1st posterior cell dark; mesopleuron without pollinose stripe; basal radial cell hyaline.
This can be seen to be a male, from the absence of a theca under the 4th & 5th sternites...which would be visible in the 1st image of the series if it were present.
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Aaron Schusteff
, 27 January, 2014 - 10:18pm
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Moved
Moved from
Physoconops
.
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Aaron Schusteff
, 13 January, 2014 - 12:55am
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Moved
Moved from
Physocephala
.
This is
Physoconops
for sure. The 3rd antennal segment is way too long for
Physocephala
. And looking carefully at the 2nd image of the series, one can see that the position of cross-vein r-m is
not
well beyond the middle of the discal cell...again, indicating
Physoconops
(for details see
here
).
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Aaron Schusteff
, 28 December, 2013 - 2:35am
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Moved
Moved from
Conopinae
.
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Keith Bayless
, 26 August, 2011 - 2:54pm
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Moved
Moved from
Flies
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Martin Hauser
, 26 June, 2010 - 6:07pm
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Conopidae
It is probably either
Physoconops or Physocephala
. More likely the first because I see no irregular thickening of the hind femurs but I would need a better look.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 24 June, 2010 - 6:53pm
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Moved
Moved from
ID Request
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Look in Ceriini (Syrphidae).
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John F. Carr
, 23 June, 2010 - 8:59pm
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