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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physoconops » Subgenus Physoconops (Physoconops Subgenus Physoconops) » Physoconops obscuripennis
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Thick-headed Fly - Physoconops obscuripennis
Copyright © 2011 Yurika Alexander

Thick-headed Fly - Physoconops obscuripennis
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
September 4, 2011
Size: 7mm?
Not great image... Found on boneset.
Which Conopinae?
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 5 September, 2011 - 12:12pm
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 3:05am

Moved
Moved from Physoconops.

Same species as in your other post below:



Again, this image exhibits most the critical characters for P. obscuripennis: very dark (mostly black) vertex & frons; 3rd antennal segment much shorter than 2nd; wing pattern somewhat diffuse, but darkened anterior to the "3rd longitudinal vein" (i.e. R2+3). Also shows nicely the two golden pollinose spots inset from the humeri; and overall black of of body with yellow apical pollinose bands on the terga...becoming wider and more conspicuous distally.
… Aaron Schusteff, 18 January, 2014 - 3:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Conopinae.
… Aaron Schusteff, 29 December, 2013 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

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