Posted by Lagides on 26-06-2023 11:49
#1
Hello !
I photographed this Asilidae near Lyon, south-east of France on May 25, 2022.
I did not measured it, but it was pretty big, maybe 20 mm or more.
I was directed to genus
Dysmachus, more precisely to
Dysmachus fuscipennis, but a doubt remains with
D. hamatulus.
What do you think?
Posted by varganimrod on 26-06-2023 16:09
#2
Hello, D. fuscipennis. Hamulatus has a bit different hypopygium, I attach Engel’s draw:
In the end of the epandrium you see a notch. In this notch’s lower part, there’s a protruding thing. It is much shorter in hamulatus and much longer in fuscipennis, as in your picture.
Nimród
Posted by Lagides on 27-06-2023 11:34
#3
Thanks a lot!
That drawing is very interesting, thanks again!