Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Who can help me to identify this

Posted by edeconinck on 16-02-2023 14:41
#1
Can you help me identify these insects. Photos taken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lualaba province, January 2023.

1
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gfNmvEEKtJNLhxFg9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/m86aksvgTtYA512B7

2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tv3un7R8LLLnFKje9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/kp7P9bTt1YntPVUV9

3
https://photos.app.goo.gl/c5R6zNjpgEdZMpQV6

4
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cvAwZD8GdhESxCMBA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uYRtDQ3234bePtFh8

Thank you in advance.

Posted by Matzke-Hajek on 22-02-2023 11:02
#2
1 is Cyclocopa albiceps
3 might be Prionyx kirbii
4 probably one of the afrotropical Sphecodes species

Greetings
Günter

Posted by Matzke-Hajek on 22-02-2023 11:03
#3
Sorry: Xylocopa albiceps, of course!
Günter