Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae ID Argentina

Posted by rwijma on 16-04-2015 20:20
#1

Found this member of Bombyliidae on a sandy path in Entre Rios, northeast Argentina.
Is an ID possible?

Thanks in advance R. Wijma

Posted by John Carr on 17-04-2015 03:38
#2

Hyperalonia morio (Fabricius, 1775), the common species of the genus. It parasitizes larvae of the sand wasp Rubrica nasuta.

Edited by John Carr on 17-04-2015 03:38

Posted by rwijma on 17-04-2015 18:10
#3

Thank you very much John!

Posted by John Carr on 18-04-2015 02:15
#4

Please submit this to the gallery.
http://www.dipter...hp?stype=p