A Holcocephala calva in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/24/2015). Determined by by Ben Coulter and Herschel Raney/BugGuide.
A Holcocephala calva in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/10/2016). Determined by Chris Cohen/BugGuide.
Holcocephala calva in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Holcocephala calva in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/26/2018). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Holcocephala calva in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/17/2022). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Holcocephala calva in Washington Co., Maryland (7/30/2022). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Holcocephala calva in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/11/2014). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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16 Records
Status
Perches on tips of dead branches or tall plants in edge habitats. May prefer higher perches than H. abdominalis. Can be surprisingly common with a proper search image.
Relationships
Difficult to separate from other species in genus. Please place unidentified Holcocephala photos here.
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A Holcocephala calva in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/24/2015). Determined by by Ben Coulter and Herschel Raney/BugGuide.
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A Holcocephala calva in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/10/2016). Determined by Chris Cohen/BugGuide.
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Holcocephala calva in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Holcocephala calva in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/26/2018). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Holcocephala calva in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/17/2022). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Holcocephala calva in Washington Co., Maryland (7/30/2022). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Holcocephala calva in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/11/2014). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Holcocephala calva | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Holcocephala |
| Species: | H. calva
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| Binomial name | |
| Holcocephala calva (Loew, 1872)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Holcocephala calva is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Holcocephala calva Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ "Holcocephala calva species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ "Holcocephala calva". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ "Holcocephala calva Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ "Holcocephala calva Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Bromley, S.W. (1950). "Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 43: 227–239.
- Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- Hull, F.M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.
- McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
External links
[edit]- Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-03-15.
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