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I noticed a pair of these landing on an old seed head of a plant. It was great to see the male and female together. Notice these have a long proboscis.
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Oncodosia planaI only saw one or two of these flying. This one doesn't have the orange band that the previous
Oncodosia.
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Urbanizacin Callao Salvaje, Islas Canarias, Espaa
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Belize, Belize
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Cumberland Island
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El Hacho, Gaucin, Andalucia, Spain
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Western Australia, Australia
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Asilidae Chrysopogon sphecodesWhen this girl flew slowly past me I thought she was a BIG orange wasp. 25 mm
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Figure 2.Actenomeros budawang sp. n. Male habitus, oblique view. Body length = 8.5 mm.
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Christine L. Lambkin, Justin S. Bartlett
Zookeys
Figure 2.One of five most parsimonious cladograms (931 steps, CI = 0.24, RI =0.47). Part 1. Black circles = unique character changes, open circles = homoplasious changes. Bremer supports over branches.
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Shaun L. Winterton, David J. Ferguson
Zookeys
Figure 2.Vomerina comapenis sp. n., male habitus, lateral view. Body length = 7.0 mm.
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Figures 7–14.Dialineura elongata sp. n. Male. 7 terminalia, lateral view 8 tergite 8 9 sternite 8 10 epandrium, cercus and subepandrial sclerite, dorsal view 11 gonocoxite and gonostylus, dorsal view 12 aedeagus, dorsal view 13 aedeagus, ventral view 14 aedeagus, lateral view. Scale: 0.2 mm.
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Lucas A. Cezar, Eric M. Fisher, Carlos J. E. Lamas
Zookeys
Figure 2.Hind leg, male: A Oidardis falcimystax (PT) B Oidardis fontenellei (HT) C Oidardis maculiseta male (HT) D Oidardis marinonii (HT). Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
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Omar Ávalos-Hernández, Joel Kits, Marysol Trujano-Ortega, Uri Omar García-Vázquez, Zenón Cano-Santana
Zookeys
Figure 5.Lordotus. Lordotus diplasus, a female (CNIN 774) dorsal view b male (CNIN 861) dorsal view c Lordotus divisus, male (CNIN 777) dorsal view; Lordotus perplexus, female (CNIN 801) d dorsal view e lateral view. All scale bars: 3 mm.
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Kathleen M. Lyons, Torsten Dikow
Zookeys
Figures 2–5.Photographs of Ectyphus species. 2 Ectyphus abdominalis (♀ holotype, SAMC, Morphbank); 3–4 Ectyphus amboseli sp. n. (♂ holotype, AAM-000191, CAS) 3 dorsal (Morphbank) 4 lateral (Morphbank) 5 Ectyphus armipes (♂ holotype, SAMC, Morphbank). Scale lines = 5 mm.
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Figure 3.Acupalpa spp.: A Acupalpa notomelas sp. n., epandrium dorsal B gonocoxites, ventral C Acupalpa imitans (White), comb. n., gonocoxite, lateral D same, aedeagus, lateral E Acupalpa rostrata Kröber aedeagus, lateral F Acupalpa imitans, gonocoxites, epandrium removed and aedeagus in situ, dorsal G Acupalpa rostrata, female spermathecal sac complex, dorsal H Acupalpa melanophaeos sp. n., female head, lateral I Acupalpa rostrata, male head, anterolateral. Abbreviations: ag accessory gland c cercus d distiphallus da dorsal apodeme of parameral sheath ea ejaculatory apodeme f furca ga gonocoxal apodeme gp (articulated) gonocoxal process gs gonostylus gx gonocoxite h hypandriumgp gonocoxal process (articulated) lea lateral ejaculatory apodeme s spermatheca ss spermathecal sac ssd spermathecal sac duct va ventral apodeme of parameral sheath v velutum patch vl ventral lobe. Scale lines = 0.2 mm.
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470
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Here an Choristus sp Bee fly is feeding from Lysinema elegans flower. Notice it is hovering while feeding. It is vary rare to see insects feeding on Lysinema flowers with their long thin tube flowers.Photos: Jean 2014 Note: Lysinema plants are often called 'curry plants' due to the smell emitted when the leaves are crushed. ID: Xuankun LI
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Skukuza, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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While out last week on a plant survey, I couldn't help stop when I saw the beeflies. I was surprised at how many different species there were as we do not have many flowering plants around at the moment. This one caught my eye with its tiny head and stripey abdomen.
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Kranjska Gora, Jesenice, Slovenia
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We went on a hunt looking for Mydid flies and found these. They are an interesting fly that flies low to the ground landing under the shrubs or parallel on a small stick to hide. This one has its proboscis out, sucking up the nectar from the flower. ~20mm