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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Richardiidae » Coniceps » Coniceps niger
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Richardiid - Coniceps niger - female
Copyright © 2014 Jeff Gruber & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Richardiid - Coniceps niger - Female
Bracken Bat Cave Property, 8.4 km NNW of Bracken, Comal County, Texas, USA
April 15, 2014
Numerous individuals were beaten from a particular kind of shrub (will post pics). Will post male tomorrow.

Looks like Coniceps. Confirmation appreciated.

All pics taken with automontage system. Actual montaging done with CombineZP and Zerene Stacker.

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 1 May, 2014 - 9:19pm
Last updated 2 May, 2014 - 10:08am

Moved
Moved from Richardiidae.
… Jeff Gruber, 2 May, 2014 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

yes I agree, Coniceps
The only known species in the genus is C. niger
… Keith Bayless, 1 May, 2014 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

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