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Can someone help identifying this Bombyliidae fly?
benerodrigues
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Posted on 07-12-2011 16:20
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I found this fly feeding in a Shrub's flowers.
Probrably- Systropus sp.??
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It looks like a Bombyliidae of the genus Systropus. From which part of the globe is it ?
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I found the fly in a Brazilian Forest. It's a semidecidual forest of the Brazilian Cerrado.
 
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That explains all, thanks. Please edit the title to attract the Bombyliidae experts.
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 07-12-2011 20:51
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Thank You Stephane!
 
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