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Fly with orange and black abdomen - Peleteria iterans
Copyright © 2013 Bob Webster

Fly with orange and black abdomen - Peleteria iterans
Great Basin National Parl, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
August 20, 2013
Peleteria?
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Contributed by Bob Webster on 21 August, 2013 - 11:47pm
Last updated 20 April, 2020 - 7:19pm

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Moved
Moved from Tachinini.
… Bob Webster, 20 April, 2020 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachina.

Tachina cannot be confirmed. I think I might see the stout bristles on the parafacial.
… Arturo Santos, 24 February, 2020 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe Peleteria iterans
Maybe Peleteria iterans
… John F. Carr, 25 February, 2020 - 5:08am login or register to post comments

 
I agree this is probably iter
I agree this is probably iterans.
… Arturo Santos, 20 April, 2020 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't know species yet.
Don't know species yet.
… Arturo Santos, 25 February, 2020 - 6:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.
… v belov, 28 August, 2013 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Tachinidae: probably Tachina sp.
Tachinidae: probably Tachina sp....I can't see any parafacial bristles but the head is not quite the right angle and a bit blurry
… Norm Woodley, 28 August, 2013 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Peleteria
Could be Peleteria.
… John F. Carr, 22 August, 2013 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 22 August, 2013 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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