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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Thraxan prolatus

Posted by Trev on 01-03-2009 09:42

Found this hovering around a termite mound making short stops to egg lay under ledges. It has long legs and can hover very well. ID please anyone?

Edited by Trev on 10-03-2009 11:03

Posted by Trev on 01-03-2009 09:44

Another view, laying egg under ledge in the mud

Edited by Trev on 01-03-2009 09:45

Posted by Jan Willem on 01-03-2009 10:33

I would go for Bombyliidae. David Gibbs might be able to tell you more.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-03-2009 12:22

somewhere around Heteralonia sp. (?)

Posted by David Gibbs on 10-03-2009 10:37

Thraxan prolatus according to this website

http://www.brisba...hraxan.htm

Posted by Trev on 10-03-2009 11:04

Thanks David, looks good to me.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 10-03-2009 17:54

See also my thread http://www.dipter...ad_id=2343 from 2006, where David Greathead identified a similar fly as Thraxan.