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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Giant Robber Flies (Promachus) » Promachus hinei
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Promachus hinei - female
Copyright © 2010 Aaron Brees

Promachus hinei - Female
Slip Bluff Park, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
July 25, 2010
Looking for a confirmation as I don't believe this species is on any robber fly lists for Iowa.
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Contributed by Aaron Brees on 26 July, 2010 - 9:01pm
Last updated 15 February, 2018 - 4:00pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… John F. Carr, 2 August, 2010 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Indeed
That is the southern row of counties in that state and the most likely to have this species overlap in range with vertebratus. As far as I know that is a state record. Nice female.
… Herschel Raney, 2 August, 2010 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you for the confirmation. I have yet to see P. vertebratus and P. hinei at the same site in southern Iowa, but have only started paying close attention recently.
… Aaron Brees, 5 August, 2010 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Robber flies can be submitted directly to family page for ID.
… John F. Carr, 29 July, 2010 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

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