Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Prosena siberita? 2014-12-12 (= Prosenoides flavipes)

Posted by John Carr on 24-01-2016 14:26
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Norm Woodley said Prosenoides flavipes, which I had considered then rejected because the proboscis curved the wrong way. Several photos posted to BugGuide look just like another Prosenoides except for that detail. I now think that descriptions of proboscis shape are only valid for dried specimens, and live flies may bend differently.

Descriptions of long-beaked American Clausicella note variation in curvature.