Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae Iran IV - also in courtship -->> Heteropogon

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 20-11-2018 20:46
#11

Hi, Reinoud and Johan :)

I worked both with Engel (1930) and Lehr (1970). As I couldn't see all features (only managed to rule out lugubris , nubilus and succinctus), I checked the list for Iran by Ghahari et al. (2014). In the list, I saw ornatipes and manicatus are not listed for Iran, so I assumed the chances are very low. But, just in case, I said:

Piluca_Alvarez wrote:
Anyway, it/they should be in the group lehri/pyrinus/scoparius, in case it is something already recorded for Iran.


Always covering my back ;)

Regarding ornatipes, the hairs on thorax doesn't seem to match too well...

Anyway, as I couldn't make sure I was seeing correctly, I decided to leave it in the group of species with 'white socks', as Reinoud says (but excluding ornatipes, with doubts; I know manicatus well enough to be sure it is not that species ;) )

And yes, lovely pictures of lovely creatures!! :)