Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Big colorful Asilidae

Posted by Isidro on 18-06-2007 15:20
#1
I saw various specimens of this spectacular, very big (4-5 cm) and colorful asilid at Sabi?anigo, Aragon, Spain (Pre-Pyrenees), in open shrubland (dominated by Genista scorpius and Thymus vulgaris).

I saw some similar in the forum as Eccoptopus longitarsis. Could be this one the same species?

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Edited by Isidro on 18-06-2007 18:53

Posted by Isidro on 18-06-2007 18:53
#2
Well, seeing another time the images of Eccoctopus, I think that it is not Eccoctopus, anyway.

But, what is it???

Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-06-2007 18:58
#3
A female Dasypogon.

Posted by Isidro on 18-06-2007 22:18
#4
Thanks Paul!!!

In the same zone are some Dasypogon entirely black, including the wings. These are colour variations or sexual difference in the colour or difference on the colour for the species?

Posted by Isidro on 18-06-2007 22:20
#5
This Dasypogon was in the same zone the same day. It's the same???

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-06-2007 07:12
#6
As far as I know it is sexual dimorphism.

Posted by Isidro on 19-06-2007 08:19
#7
Aaaah, OK, thanks! Then, the black ones are males. Correct?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-06-2007 09:24
#8
Aye.