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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Cyrtopogon » Cyrtopogon auratus
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Robber fly sp. 1 - Cyrtopogon auratus - female
Copyright © 2012 R.J. Adams

Robber fly sp. 1 - Cyrtopogon auratus - Female
Albion Basin at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
July 7, 2012
This large (approx 3/4") robber fly was on the same boulder as the male. Big thanks to Dr. H. Raney for his help in identifying them.

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Robber fly sp. 1 - Cyrtopogon auratus - female Robber fly sp. 1 - Cyrtopogon auratus - female
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Contributed by R.J. Adams on 26 July, 2012 - 8:52am
Last updated 28 July, 2012 - 1:40pm

Moved
Moved from Cyrtopogon.
… R.J. Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Yes, I think these two are th
Yes, I think these two are the Cyrtopogon auratus females.
… Eric Fisher, 28 July, 2012 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Robber flies
Thank you!I tried using the descriptions in Melander(1923)and couldn't confidently separate the female auratus from aurifex. Would you be able to share how were able to ID the female?

Thanks again!
… R.J. Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
The females of these two spec
The females of these two species are very similar (especially in photographs). Only C. auratus is known from Utah -- as this species ranges a little further south and east than does aurifex (a species limited to the NW US & adjacent Canada).
… Eric Fisher, 28 July, 2012 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

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… R.J. Adams, 27 July, 2012 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

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