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 Amazing Greek Asilid
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| Gordon |
Posted on 04-06-2010 15:13
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 Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1099 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Just east of Sidhirokastro, N. Greece. Alt = 235m. Could a be a male Asilus crabriformis - the pictures I have seen hardly do it justice if that is the case.
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| Gordon |
Posted on 04-06-2010 15:17
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1099 Joined: 02.01.08 |
I know there is an Asild forum, but it is such a magnificent fly.
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| Gordon |
Posted on 04-06-2010 15:18
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1099 Joined: 02.01.08 |
And a third view
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 05-06-2010 07:21
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 Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
This splendid fly is Laphria dizonias Loew. |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 05-06-2010 09:12
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1099 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Thanks Eric, it was amazing to photograph it, it is over 3 cm long. I see it is not in the gallery, so I had better add it, that will mean putting you down as the determinator. 
Gordon |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 06-07-2010 07:25
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Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
Gordon: my sincere apologies, but I have misidentified this splendid fly! It is Laphria aurea Fabr., not L. dizonias. They differ mainly in the amount of yellow hair on the abdomen: aurea has the broad posterior margins of tergites 2 to 4, and all of 5 & 6, bright yellow; dizonias has all of the tergites red, save for 4 & 5, which are all bright yellow. In addition, aurea has the posterior surface of the head bright yellow pilose, while this area is black and red in dizonias. My error became obvious to me when I compared a recent photo of a 'real' dizonias (from Turkey, # 31339) with your fly from Greece (both species occur in Greece and Turkey). Eric |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-07-2010 09:55
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I updated the ID's in the Gallery.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 10-07-2010 08:09
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1099 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Thanks to you both - it is good.
Gordon |
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