Allan Cabrero, Ph. D.

Occurrence data of Acronyches (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) Occurrence data of the Neotropical Asilidae genus Acronyches based on a new taxonomic revision in 2025. Published in https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.127.3.357

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

05.12.2025 21:58 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

specimen of new fly species, Acronyches gephyrus, mounted on a pin

specimen of new fly species, Acronyches gephyrus, mounted on a pin

specimen of new fly species, Acronyches gephyrus, mounted on a pin

map with distribution of Acronyches species

#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

05.12.2025 21:52 — 👍 24    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

A new species is described as the assassin-fly genus 𝐴𝑐𝑛𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑦𝑖𝑎 is reviewed in the southern Namib Desert.

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@ento-allan.bsky.social @tdikow.bsky.social

31.10.2025 14:12 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

#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

08.05.2025 13:52 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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

06.05.2025 21:37 — 👍 32    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

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.

T- minus 16 days till #FlyWeek! 🪰

15.04.2025 04:22 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

pinned fly specimen head

pinned fly specimen body

pinned fly specimen body

coastal dunes where fly was collected

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

14.02.2025 21:44 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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 !
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07.02.2025 20:01 — 👍 35    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1