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A rather big fly on Pinus pinaster.

Is it possible to ID beyond family level?

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Hi, I´ve no idea, but here you are the Asilidae forum for the next ones: http://www.dipter...forum_id=2
Regards Andre

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Thanks Paqui. I did not know that there was a special forum for this group.

Saludos

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Reminds me of Machimus, maybe M. atripes....

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Missed your post, Lepto.

Thanks for your ID, although there is no count of the species you mention in Spain.

Bedankt, Lepto.

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Also have a look at Neomochtherus melanopus. It is very difficult to determine species from a single picture. Keys are hardly applicable this way. Best bet is a local expert or real one

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Thanks for taking your time, Reinoud.

I will consider this species too, but I know the extreme difficulties using photos as only means in ID.

Is there a cientific name for "Machinus group"?

Thanks anyway,
André

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I think the group consists of: Machimus + Tolmerus and Neoepitriptus. Maybe there are more genusses (what happened to Epitriptus for instance) let an expert react too. These genusses are very similar in appearance and form a group because of it. Probably it will not end here. Research is going on.

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Bedankt Reinoud.

So things are much too complicated for me. Thanks for your list of genera to be taken into acount.

André

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André, to make things worse ,please note that i am now more convinced that it is a Neomochtherus cf melanopus. Neomochtherus is not part of the Machimus group!

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Reinoud,

Thanks again. I will store this one as Neomochtherus cf melanopus until further notice.

Groeten,
andré