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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Dipalta » Dipalta serpentina
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Bee fly - Dipalta serpentina
Copyright © 2010 Michael H. Schmidt

Bee fly - Dipalta serpentina
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
August 21, 2010
Size: 1 cm

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Contributed by Michael H. Schmidt on 21 August, 2010 - 11:59pm
Last updated 22 August, 2010 - 1:30am

Yes...you got it right!
Dipalta serpentina...I keyed in the MND(1). The wing venation is the main distinguishing character, although the fact that the style of the antenna is not distinctly articulated from the flagellomere (which can be seen from your 2nd image) is also important at one couplet.
… Aaron Schusteff, 2 September, 2013 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dipalta.
… Michael H. Schmidt, 22 August, 2010 - 1:18am login or register to post comments

I'm pretty sure this is Dipalta serpentina...
...because GoogleBooks has Osten-Sacken's description of that species available and if you read through it while looking at the right wing of this picture (which I'm pleased to say captured that wing beautifully), it describes (to the extent I understand the vocabulary) exactly what that wing looks like.
… Michael H. Schmidt, 22 August, 2010 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

 
Osten-Sacken's 1877 description?
Is this the description you referred to? (Next time, please indicate a link to the reference...it took a lot of searching to find this!)

Another description (by Coquillett from 1887) appears here. I put links to both on the Dipalta serpentina info page.
… Aaron Schusteff, 2 September, 2013 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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