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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Chiromyzinae » Inopus » Sugarcane Soldier Fly (Inopus rubriceps)
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Fly ID Request - Inopus rubriceps - male
Copyright © 2011 Pahavit

Fly ID Request - Inopus rubriceps - Male
Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, USA
October 6, 2011
Found on my back door this afternoon. ID appreciated if possible, even which Family if genus/species is not possible from this photo.
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Contributed by Pahavit on 6 October, 2011 - 10:52pm
Last updated 29 April, 2018 - 5:01pm

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies. thanks, Colin!
… Keith Bayless, 18 June, 2012 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Inopus rubriceps
Male of Inopus rubriceps, an Australian invasive introduced 50+ years ago into the San Francisco area. Feeds on grasses. For the female, see http://bugguide.net/node/view/164964
… Colin Brammer, 18 June, 2012 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies. a strat, albeit a weird one (Beridinae?)
… Keith Bayless, 25 May, 2012 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Orthorrhapha.
… Keith Bayless, 25 May, 2012 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… John F. Carr, 7 March, 2012 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

Not asilidae
This is not a robber fly (no sunken vertex, for one thing). I'd call it a Rhagionidae, but I've never seen one with thick antennae like that.
… Tristan McKnight, 7 March, 2012 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 12 February, 2012 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 13 October, 2011 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

A robber fly I think but I'm
A robber fly I think but I'm no expert.
… Matt Bearup, 7 October, 2011 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

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