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Allan Cabrero, Ph. D.

@ento-allan.bsky.social

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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 · 05/12/2025

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

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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

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Torsten Dikow @tdikow.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

#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

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

map with distribution of Acronyches species

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African Invertebrates @africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net · 31/10/2025

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

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Torsten Dikow @tdikow.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

#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

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Allan Cabrero, Ph. D. @ento-allan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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 · 15/04/2025

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 · 14/02/2025

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

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Allan Cabrero, Ph. D. @ento-allan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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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