Posted by Michael Becker on 09-11-2008 17:32
#1
Hello,
what asilidae is this? I found it in august in the Eifel in western germany.
Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 10-11-2008 22:58
Posted by Danny Wolff on 10-11-2008 20:54
#4
Hi,
female is correct, but this is not a Neoitamus. In Central European Neoitamus species there is no dusting on the 6th and 7th abdominal tergits. So they have a remarkable long ovipositor, reaching from the 6th tergit to the tip of the abdomen. In all other Central European Asilinae species the ovipositor begins with the 8th tergit. (attention: Stilpnogaster has all tergits shining with dusted hind margins, except of the ovipositor which is completely shining).
This is a female of Neomochtherus geniculatus.
Michael, do you have again the data of this picture for me (date and exact location), please? You know, I would like to use them for the next update of my internet atlas on www.asilidae.de, which will be online in January 2009.
Greetings, Danny Wolff
Posted by Michael Becker on 10-11-2008 22:58
#5
Hello,
thank you for identification. I made the picture on 5. august 2008 in the Eifel near the Rurtalsperre. If you look in google maps for "Abtei Mariawald" an then go to the west, you get on a peninsula of this lake. On a small clearing in this forest I found it. (This is about 6°25' longitude and 50°38' latitude.)
Michael