Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Autumn Asilid from arid New Mexico

Posted by Eric Fisher on 18-12-2010 03:38
#4

Efferia female (which are tough to identify!). Seems to be E. kelloggi (though has more white bristles than typical for that sp.). A member of the pogonias sp. group (like kelloggi) -- based on the apex of the ovipositor -- which is split and upturned at the tip.