Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Thecophora propinqua - Conopidae USA
Posted by hedy2411 on 14-07-2016 11:31
#1
Can these flies be named?
Found 22-6-2016 near Cathedral Gorge, Nevada,USA
Edited by hedy2411 on 23-08-2016 15:47
Posted by John Carr on 14-07-2016 12:45
#2
If the proboscis is folded,
Thecophora.
Posted by hedy2411 on 14-07-2016 13:19
#3
Can this one help..?
Posted by John Carr on 14-07-2016 13:39
#4
Thecophora
Posted by hedy2411 on 14-07-2016 22:14
#5
|t Thank you John!
Regards,
Hedy
Posted by John Carr on 21-08-2016 22:11
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Thecophora propinqua. The hind femur is at least 1/5 yellow in other species. This is not a group I pay much attention to, but if that projection at the hind end of the female is the genital plate is also confirms species:"This species is characterized by the long female genital plate, the prominence of white or yellowish hairs on the abdomen of typical males, the nearly or entirely black hind femur, and the small size."
http://chla.libra...m=frameset
Posted by hedy2411 on 23-08-2016 15:46
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Amazing description, I try to undsrstand it, B)...
Thank you for this addition John!
Regards,
Hedy