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

Posted by Stephen on 17-12-2010 23:24
#1
I would very much appreciate ID help with this handsome fly.

16 mm long to apex of wing.

2 October 2007. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge near Socorro, New Mexico.

Posted by Stephen on 17-12-2010 23:27
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Posted by Stephen on 17-12-2010 23:29
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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.

Posted by Stephen on 18-12-2010 11:48
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Eric, Thanks very much for your help!