Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: Leptarthrus brevirostris?
Posted by
ChrisR
on 06-05-2007 17:19
#1
This was taken today in southern England on chalk downland. Is it
Leptarthrus brevirostris
?
Posted by
Paul Beuk
on 06-05-2007 18:10
#2
Yes!
Posted by
ChrisR
on 06-05-2007 19:11
#3
I know it is probably one of the easier asilids ... but it never does any harm to get the opinion of an expert!
Posted by
Paul Beuk
on 06-05-2007 19:35
#4
The hind tarsus of the male is an easy give-away for this species. nothing else like it in the UK. Dunno which of the chalk downs you saw it?
Posted by
ChrisR
on 06-05-2007 21:26
#5
It's in the south Chilterns on south Oxfordshire
see
http://hartslock....
Posted by
Paul Beuk
on 06-05-2007 21:37
#6
In 1989 I collected it on one of the Surrey chalk downs. cannot quite recall which one, though.
see http://hartslock....