occurrence data at @gbif.org doi doi.org/10.15468/xyr... online key at keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v4/acro... photos at @figshare.com doi doi.org/10.25573/dat... #asiloidflies #FlyFriday

#FlyFriday new revision of assassin-fly genus Acronyches Williston, 1908 (Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) with @ento-allan.bsky.social out - 4 new species from Central + South America - flies catch spiders in their web (see www.inaturalist.org/observations... doi doi.org/10.4289/0013... #asiloidflies

A new species is described as the assassin-fly genus 𝐴𝑐𝑛𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑦𝑖𝑎 is reviewed in the southern Namib Desert. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/afri... @ento-allan.bsky.social @tdikow.bsky.social

#WorldBeeFlyDay #FlyWeek with international travel, got my days mixed up - here is my post for World Bee Fly Day (1 day too late) - Apatomyza sp. or Crocidium sp. (Bombyliidae: Crocidiinae) from Namibia - observed + collected October 2024 with @ento-allan.bsky.social #TeamDiptera

Happy World Bee Fly Day! Here is one of the most colorful bee flies I’ve encountered, Zinnomyia brincki. Collected in Namibia. #FlyWeek #WorldBeeFlyDay #TeamDiptera

T- minus 16 days till #FlyWeek! 🪰

#FlyFriday assassin fly Acnephalomyia andrenoides (female, USNMENT00870068) from Atlantic Ocean coast of South Africa near Papendorp - collected in Sep 2009 #asiloidflies

New Species Alert! Say hello to Enica adelphe! This new bee fly is native to the Richtersveld in the Northern Cape of South Africa. NHRE intern Lisa Rollinson and I synonymized the genera Enica and Nomalonia, in addition we described a new species. Happy #FlyFriday ! doi.org/10.3897/afri...