Shellac-backed Pixie Tipulogaster glabrata (Wiedemann, 1828)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Asilidae   >   Genus Tipulogaster   

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Tipulogaster glabrata is rather large in size compared to similar species, and has a distinctively shiny reddish-brown dorsal thorax. It is probably identifiable through binoculars with satisfactory views (Norm Lavers' robber fly site).

There are 9 records in the project database.

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Mating Tipulogaster glabrata in Franklin Co., New York (6/27/2008). Photo by Steve Collins. (MBP list)

A Shellac-backed Pixie in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Shellac-backed Pixie in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)


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