Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae

Posted by Carnota on 02-02-2007 22:03
#1
Could you give me some information about this fly?
Shore of brook in mountain at 1500m. Ourense, NW Spain. July 2006. Size 20mm.
More photos in http://lpb321.goo...ges.com/10
Thanks. Carnota.

Posted by Carnota on 02-02-2007 22:04
#2
Ventral

Posted by Carnota on 02-02-2007 22:08
#3
Head

Posted by Carnota on 02-02-2007 22:09
#4
Wing

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 03-02-2007 01:11
#5
I think it is Dasypogon diadema (Fabricius, 1781)
more info:www.geller-grimm.de/dasy.htm

Posted by Carnota on 04-02-2007 21:38
#6
Thank you your Id, Mielckzarek :)
Carnota

Posted by Danny Wolff on 06-02-2007 19:07
#7
It is clearly Dasypopgon sp., but identification as diadema is uncertain. There are some related species in the mediterranean, which can be identified only by examinating the male genitalia.

Greetings, Danny

Posted by Carnota on 06-02-2007 19:29
#8
Thank you very mutch, Danny.
Finally, Dasypogon sp..

Carnota