Posted by Atli on 29-04-2007 13:50
#1
Robberflies are not my specialty. Could it be Machimus cingulatus (Tolmerus cingulatus)?
Size: 2-3 cm in length.
Habitat: Lush clearing in a beech forest interspersed with meadows, ponds and wetlands. Considerable grazing by red deer and fallow deer. Lots of fallen, decaying tree trunks and the fly is sitting on one of those.
Place: J?gersborg Dyrehave, northeastern Zealand, Denmark.
Date: September 8, 2006
Edited by Atli on 29-04-2007 19:36
Posted by Danny Wolff on 01-05-2007 10:58
#2
Seems to be a male Tolmerus atricapillus. Colour of legs and colour of dusting is different in cingulatus
[see http://www.asilidae.de/index.htm?tolmcia1.htm ].
Cingulatus has also a shorter arista. The projecting tab on the 8. sternite seems to be obscured by the shadow of the abdomen.
Greetings, Danny Wolff