Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brazilian Robberfly for id. please..

Posted by bonitin on 20-10-2010 10:31
#1
Hi,

I met this robberfly in a rainforest area close to the sea in the surroundings of Paraty-Brazil on the 5th February 2010
Not 100% sure it is the same fly, but the pictures were taken after each other, it might have moved from the plant stem to the grass blade..
Thank you,
MyriamSmile
Edited by bonitin on 20-10-2010 10:38

Posted by bonitin on 20-10-2010 10:32
#2
pic.2

Posted by bonitin on 20-10-2010 10:32
#3
pic.3
Edited by bonitin on 20-10-2010 10:35

Posted by Eric Fisher on 20-10-2010 18:26
#4
Nice robber fly Miriam! Appears to be a Taurhynchus sp. (close relative of the Nearctic genus Proctacanthus).

Cheers, Eric

Posted by bonitin on 20-10-2010 19:42
#5
Thank you so much Eric!

Myriam Smile

Posted by Antonio Carlos on 10-10-2012 13:31
#6
I believe will not necessary to create a new thread just to ask for ID of an Asilidae that I photographed in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, but if here is not the right place for this, please, delete this post.

Here is the photo:

farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8071369034_6521784438_o.jpg

Coordinates of the place where I took this photo:
Latitude: -22.538403081866, Longitude: -43.22846531868

Thanks for help!
Edited by Antonio Carlos on 10-10-2012 13:55

Posted by Eric Fisher on 10-10-2012 18:35
#7
Antonio, I believe these are an Amblyonychus sp. (assuming the claws are blunt, which they appear to be in this photo). This American, mainly neotropical, genus is very similar to the huge, world-wide genus Promachus (which all have sharp claws).

Probably this submission does belong in a separate thread; nice photo!

Cheers, Eric

Posted by Antonio Carlos on 10-10-2012 21:22
#8
Eric,
I created a new thread.
Now, to keep clean this thread, you can delete my posts here.
Thank you for your help.
Regards, AC