Thread subject: Diptera.info :: identification Asilidae

Posted by Raptor on 31-08-2010 14:58
#1
Hello everyone.

Photo taken in the region of Umbria in Italy (480m asl) 2 weeks ago.

Can you identify the species?

Thanks.

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 31-08-2010 21:18
#2
This seems to be a Neomochterus species, female. Maybe N. fuscifemoratus??? Got that from Engel 1930 so maybe it has a new name

Posted by Raptor on 02-09-2010 15:38
#3
Leptogaster wrote:
This seems to be a Neomochterus species, female. Maybe N. fuscifemoratus??? Got that from Engel 1930 so maybe it has a new name

Thank you very much Reinoud!!Grin
Edited by Raptor on 02-09-2010 15:40

Posted by Dysmachus on 12-09-2010 11:12
#4
Because of the chaetotaxy on the mesonotum, it can be also a Cerdistus species. Unfortunately, the differentiation isn't easy and you need both sexes for identification.