Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae, male, Texas -> Promachus sp

Posted by Erland on 12-05-2014 22:50
#1
This male robberfly might be the same species as a female I photographed 15 minutes later. Travis County, near Austin, Texas, 7th June 2013.

Here the thread of the female:
http://www.dipter...d_id=60788

As I remember it, this male was quite a lot smaller than the female though, but I guess that's common.

farm3.staticflickr.com/2939/14169009482_a4fc0fe936_z.jpg


Erland
Denmark
Edited by Erland on 15-05-2014 18:06

Posted by John Carr on 15-05-2014 13:44
#2
Males of Promachus bastardii and related species have the white tail.

When the white spot is not at the tip of the tail, but a band with black beyond, you probably have Efferia near albibarbis.

See also http://www.hr-rna...20page.htm
Edited by John Carr on 15-05-2014 13:46

Posted by Erland on 15-05-2014 18:06
#3
Thank you very much John. Link is bookmarked.
Erland