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Allan Cabrero, Ph. D.
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Entomologist. NSF Postdoc Fellow studying desert evolution in Asiloid flies. IG: @Allan_the_entomologist
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Torsten Dikow @tdikow.bsky.social · May 8
#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

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Allan Cabrero, Ph. D. @ento-allan.bsky.social · May 6
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
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Team Diptera 🪰🔍🦟🌻 @teamdiptera.bsky.social · Apr 15
T- minus 16 days till #FlyWeek! 🪰
A poster with a Dolichopodidae in the center reading: Fly Week "like shark week, but with flies" April 30th- May 6th. Post your favorite two-winged wonders using the hashtag #FlyWeek. Brought to you by @teamdiptera.
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Torsten Dikow @tdikow.bsky.social · Feb 14
#FlyFriday assassin fly Acnephalomyia andrenoides (female, USNMENT00870068) from Atlantic Ocean coast of South Africa near Papendorp - collected in Sep 2009 #asiloidflies
pinned fly specimen head pinned fly specimen body pinned fly specimen body coastal dunes where fly was collected
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Allan Cabrero, Ph. D. @ento-allan.bsky.social · Feb 7
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...
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