Thread subject: Diptera.info :: UAE, Stichopogon? => Rhadinus sp.

Posted by Pristurus on 03-04-2017 22:41
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found on 2017-03-01, Al Marmoum Conservation Reserve, Emirate Dubai beside a lonely shrub in the desert. Is it a Stichopogon?

Video 1: https://commons.w...03-01.webm
Video 2: https://commons.w...03-01.webm

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upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/KLRF2_-_2017-03-01.webm/1024px--KLRF2_-_2017-03-01.webm.jpg

Edited by Pristurus on 05-04-2017 09:41

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 04-04-2017 13:42
#2

It is a Rhadinus sp. You can find more about it in here https://www.academia.edu/7590159/Order_Diptera_family_Asilidae_Further_records_and_an_overview_of_the_family_Asilidae_in_the_UAE