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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Exoprosopini » Exoprosopa » fasciata-group (Exoprosopa fasciata-group) » Exoprosopa argentifasciata
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Bee Fly - Exoprosopa argentifasciata
Copyright © 2006 Bob Beatson

Bee Fly - Exoprosopa argentifasciata
Snyder Hill Waste T. Ponds, 15 mi W. Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
August 30, 2006
Size: 10-12mm
Looks like a rather large bee fly? ID anyone?

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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 30 August, 2006 - 4:27pm
Last updated 2 December, 2007 - 11:24am

Moved
Moved from Exoprosopa.
… Joel Kits, 2 December, 2007 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

ID
The closed r5 cell, wing pattern, and locality indicate the northern form of E. argentifasciata. It is described from S America, so it shows up on Neotropical lists but not on US ones. It has been given the names limbipennis and procne, both Mexican forms of the same fly, which ranges into SE AZ, though the wing color is lighter there.
… Andy Calderwood, 28 November, 2007 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you
Calderwood, but I am a little confused by your reply. Are the 3 species names in your comment synonyms then??
… Bob Beatson, 28 November, 2007 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
synonymy
The three species are synonyms, but unpublished so far, though I believe some ink has been given to the scary closeness of limbipennis and procne. To my knowledge, none has been heretofore recognized from the US.

PS, thanks for the shots. They're beauts.
… Andy Calderwood, 11 December, 2007 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthracinae.
… Joel Kits, 16 April, 2007 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

Villa, perhaps?
I'm no expert, but do check here:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/9865/bgimage
… Ron Hemberger, 31 August, 2006 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks
pretty close to me. Thanks, Ron
… Bob Beatson, 31 August, 2006 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

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