Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae in Pinus Sylvestris...

Posted by Matthieu on 21-05-2006 06:06
#1
Hello! Smile

One month ago i found a pupa in a recently dead pinus sylvestris, under bark. The imago emerged this week. It looks like an Asilidae, maybe a Laphria sp.? Is it possible to identify it with these photos?

Found near Tours (France).
Pupa: 15mm
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Imago 16mm:

img122.imageshack.us/img122/5370/asilidae1bis8gi.jpg
img96.imageshack.us/img96/600/asilidae3bis7qj.jpg

Matthieu

Posted by Matthieu on 25-05-2006 21:03
#2
No idea? Is there any detail that could help the identification?

Matthieu

Posted by Gisela Merkel-Wallner on 26-05-2006 07:11
#3
Hello Matthieu,

it is a Laphriinae, perhaps a Choerades gilva or C. ignea. But I only can determine the german species, perhaps there are same other in France.
A beautiful Asilidae!

Gisela

Posted by Susan R Walter on 26-05-2006 08:51
#4
Matthieu

What a terrible creature! I will be in Blois by this evening, so not so very far away. I hope I see something this good on the weekend - the weather is dreadful in England at this minute, so I am expecting France to take up the opportunity to be better.

If I see anything good I will post it on the forum.

I haven't got my books with me, so I can't help with the ID at the moment though - sorry.

Posted by Matthieu on 26-05-2006 22:13
#5

ThanksSmile The pictures of Choerades gilva I found on the web are very similar!
Susan i hope the weather near Blois will be nice the weekend, more than the past three days Grin

Matthieu