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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physocephala » Physocephala burgessi
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Diptera - Physocephala burgessi
Copyright © 2013 sofiar

Diptera - Physocephala burgessi
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
June 29, 2013
Well, beyond knowing this is a fly I'm stumped. I thought it was likely a syrphidae but got lost looking for where it might fit in.

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Contributed by sofiar on 29 June, 2013 - 10:24pm
Last updated 28 December, 2013 - 4:19pm

Moved
Moved from Conopinae.
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 December, 2013 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the confirmation o
Thanks for the confirmation on id!
… sofiar, 11 January, 2014 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 June, 2013 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ken! I had no idea ab
Thanks, Ken! I had no idea about where to even begin to think about this beautiful fly!

Now I am wondering if it is Physocephala burgessi?
… sofiar, 29 June, 2013 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

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