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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Conophorini » Lordotus » Lordotus striatus
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Bombyliidae, Lordotus sp - Lordotus striatus
Copyright © 2011 Lynn Monroe

Bombyliidae, Lordotus sp - Lordotus striatus
Boirrego Springs, San Diego County, California, USA
October 10, 2010
This Lordotus was seen at the Borrego Sink on Alkali Goldenbush. I wonder if it could be a L. striatus male? It has the wing coloration of a L. striatus female #479331 that we saw the next day at another alkali area, Sentenac Cienega, also on Alkali Goldenbush. This bee flies are quite dimorphic! Any help will be much appreciated.

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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 13 May, 2011 - 10:06am
Last updated 25 May, 2011 - 3:56pm

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Moved from Bee Flies.
… v belov, 25 May, 2011 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

I vote for L. striatus,
based on wing pattern, and the distinctly denticulate costa not possessed by the female of this species.
… Hartmut Wisch, 23 May, 2011 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Lordotus striatus
Thanks for your vote, Hartmut. Yesterday I compared this male with a specimen in the CU Museum, which convinced me it is most probably this species. Everything seemed to match!
… Lynn Monroe, 25 May, 2011 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 May, 2011 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

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