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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » index or ithypyga (Laphria index or ithypyga)
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Asilidae: Dioctria? - Laphria - female
Copyright © 2012 Carl Barrentine

Asilidae: Dioctria? - Laphria - Female
Turtle River State Park, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
June 24, 2012
Size: Length ~ 12-13 mm
Hmmm...if this small asilid is in the genus Dioctria, then it may be a new North Dakota image addition to Bug Guide. I've not ever seen this version of a robber fly until now. And is that a small wasp it's feeding on?
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 24 June, 2012 - 4:36pm
Last updated 26 July, 2014 - 12:43am

Moved
Moved from Bee-like Robber Flies.
… Ben Coulter, 26 July, 2014 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Carl Barrentine, 26 June, 2012 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Laphria
This is a female Laphria, probably from the L. index/ithypyga complex (can't separate females in pictures).
To tell apart from Dioctriines at this angle, you can see that this fly's antennae are much shorter, proboscis is much longer, and it has a big bushy mystax (Dioctria usually just have a line of hairs).
… Tristan McKnight, 26 June, 2012 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Tristan!
This is very helpful! Thank you!

PS: Here's the video clip of this specimen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJmQXMfGzQc
… Carl Barrentine, 26 June, 2012 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

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