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Species Dalmannia blaisdelli

Dalmannia or Thecophora? - Dalmannia blaisdelli - female Either blaisdelli or picta - Dalmannia blaisdelli - female Either blaisdelli or picta - Dalmannia blaisdelli - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Conopidae (Thick-headed Flies)
Subfamily Dalmanniinae
Genus Dalmannia
Species blaisdelli (Dalmannia blaisdelli)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dalmannia blaisdelli Cresson, 1919. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 71:190
Identification
From the key on pg 45 of Camras & Hurd(1): "Scutellum and humeri partly yellow; size at least 6mm; thoracic pile relatively short (shorter than arista..."distinctly" so according to Bohart(1948)); pile on dorsum of thorax predominantly black in the center, yellow anteriorly". Also, wings of D. blaisdelli are typically (but not always) dark or "smoky". D. blaisdelli intergrades in many characters with the similar and somewhat variable species D. picta, but the latter never has smoky wings.
Print References
Bohart, G. E. (1938). Synopsis of the genus Dalmannia in North America (Diptera, Conopidae). Pan-Pac. Ent. 14(3): 132-136. (Full Text)
Camras, S. & P. Hurd (1957). The Conopidae flies of California, Bull. Cal. Insect Surv. 6(2) 19:49, (1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.The Conopid Flies of California
Sidney Camras and Paul D. Hurd, Jr. 1957. University of California Press.