Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae: Dioctria atricapilla, male.

Posted by MickETalbot on 22-02-2011 16:30
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Diptera: Asilid (Robberfly) Dioctria sp. ?
Swept from long grass, Lincoln UK June 2010
Edited by MickETalbot on 25-02-2011 04:03

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 23-02-2011 02:56
#2
Dioctria atricapillus male

Posted by MickETalbot on 23-02-2011 09:30
#3
Thanks Reinoud, appreciated.

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 24-02-2011 16:27
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Have to correct myself a little it is D. atricapillA!awkward

Posted by MickETalbot on 25-02-2011 04:15
#5
Thanks Reinoud,
Out of interest where did you find the ID? I ask as I have spent months (on and off) looking it. Have to say I was only looking for a match just using the Genus, under Asilidae of course. Still on a big learning curve, slowly, slowly getting there. Grin

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 25-02-2011 14:55
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You're welcome! It is a pity that good literature is hard to find. "De Roofvliegen van Nederland" (Dutch Robber flies) a very useful book by Mark van Veen 1996. Contains keys etc. and covers probably most of Northwest Europe. D. atricapilla is one of the easy species within the genus, legs totally black, males with characteristic blue eyes.

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 25-02-2011 15:04
#7
Probably you know this site: http://www.geller-grimm.de/asilidae.htm