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Florida Physoconops (Physoconops floridanus)
Photo#842046
Copyright © 2013
David Almquist
Physocephala texana -
Physoconops floridanus
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Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
September 15, 2013
Sorry about the fuzzy shot; this was one elusive little beast. This was on
Monarda punctata
, spotted beebalm.
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Contributed by
David Almquist
on 15 September, 2013 - 12:13am
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 12:28am
Moved
Moved from
Subgenus Pachyconops
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David Almquist
, 14 January, 2014 - 12:28am
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Moved
Moved from
Physoconops
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Aaron Schusteff
, 13 January, 2014 - 12:31am
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Moved
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Physocephala floridana
.
David, note that Lee referred this to
Physo
conops
floridanus
rather than
Physo
cephala
floridana
. Those two names are easy to confuse! (I've done it too.)
There's no guide page yet for the species
Physo
conops
floridanus
...so I'm moving the post to the appropriate genus page for now.
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Aaron Schusteff
, 22 December, 2013 - 6:36am
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Thanks and sorry
I suspect that since I didn't see a
Physoconops floridana
page I assumed that I'd misremembered the name and that the genus must be
Physocephala
.
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David Almquist
, 13 January, 2014 - 8:32am
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David Almquist
, 15 September, 2013 - 4:17pm
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Physoconops
By location this cannot be Physocephala texana:
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1957. Vol. #50, #3, pg. 213 P. texana by Camras:
“This species has not otherwise been found in the Southeastern United States, so the locality Georgia, may be an error. RANGE: Quebec, Ontario, New York, Michigan, Indiana, and Texas, west to British Columbia and California. Mexico.”
By color of area above antenna bases or ‘frons’ or ‘front’ this cannot be Physocephala texana:
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1877-1882. Vol. 4, pg. 338 as Conops texana by Williston – “Male. Face and front yellow...”
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1877-1882. Vol. 4, pg. 339 as Conops affinis by Williston – “Male and female: Front either wholly yellow, or with the vertex rather more reddish...”
Transactions of the California Academy of Sciences 4th Series, 1927. Vol. 16, pp. 580 to 583 as Physocephala humeralis; P. h. simulans; Physocephala aurifacies, P. buccalis by Van Duzee – “Female: Length 15 mm.; of wing 9 mm. Face, front, a large spot on cheeks, halteres and broad base of all tibiae, yellow...”
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1957. Vol. #50, #3, pg. 218 keys by Camras – “Front entirely or partly yellow or reddish...”
Entomological News, 1996. Vol. 107, pg. 110-111 – keys by Camras – “Frons mainly or entirely pale...”
The typical raised area above antenna bases, large claws (pulvilli), large theca and extensive shading in wings indicate this is a Physoconops female. The slight indent on mid hind eye margin and enormous theca extending from abdominal segment 5 would suggest Physoconops floridanus:
Insecta Mundi, 2007, #0007 Apr., pg. 3 - Keys by Camras
1. Facial grooves dark, may be obscured by light pollen; frons mainly dark; female theca distinctly longer than height of its tergite, black posterior area distinctly longer than wide ...P. floridanus Camras
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Lee Penner
, 15 September, 2013 - 3:18pm
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Thanks.
I'll try to find it again, catch it, and get a better shot, as I remember seeing what was probably that another day when I didn't have my camera. You sound sure enough that I'm going to move it unless you think otherwise. I didn't think that it looked quite like texana, but under Remarks it mentioned that it was an extremely variable species and I am definitely no dipterist.
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David Almquist
, 15 September, 2013 - 4:17pm
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David Almquist
, 15 September, 2013 - 2:31am
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Right - Physocephala texana…
The reddish coloration suggests this species in your area.
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 15 September, 2013 - 1:32am
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thanks
for the ID
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David Almquist
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