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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Hemipenthes » Sinuous Bee Fly (Hemipenthes sinuosa)
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Bombyliid 2 - Hemipenthes sinuosa
Copyright © 2013 Robert P. Sikora

Bombyliid 2 - Hemipenthes sinuosa
San Bernardino Mts., San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County, California, USA
August 13, 2012
Size: ~1cm.
Can this guy be id'd from this one ventral view? The other shots I have are edge-on and pretty useless. It is on Eriastrum saphirinnum.
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Contributed by Robert P. Sikora on 2 December, 2013 - 3:09pm
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 5:50pm

Moved
Moved from Hemipenthes.

r1 entirely infuscated except for tip; r2+3 has a color spot at tip; no crossvein between R4 and R2+3 = H. sinousa.

Ron's right, as usual!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 23 January, 2015 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Aw, shucks!
As Mac Davis once said, "It's hard to be humble..."

Thanks, Kelsey, for the ego boost, which comes in handy right about now.
… Ron Hemberger, 23 January, 2015 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Just calling it like it is :^
Just calling it like it is :^) (I didn't mention it on the other moves, but you were right on those H. sinuosa as well...)
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 23 January, 2015 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll bet my string is nearly out.
But maybe not. I was much more conservative assigning IDs to these critters which I didn't know as well as syrphids.
… Ron Hemberger, 23 January, 2015 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, guys,
Bob
… Robert P. Sikora, 24 January, 2015 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
Our pleasure, Bob.
.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 January, 2015 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 22 March, 2014 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Hemipenthes sinuosa - easier than you might think.
Half a wing here, half a wing there. That nails the veins (ouch!), and the distinctive-but-not-exclusive "meatball" markings near the wingtips complete the picture.

… Ron Hemberger, 2 December, 2013 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

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