Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mexican Asilidae

Posted by christoophe on 28-12-2015 18:10
#1
Hello

A Mexican Asilidae on the french forum.
It is a wonder for Eric Fisher.
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos154/big/sans_titre_132.jpg
lguez : Mexique : Bahia de Los Angeles : 22980 : 06/08/2015
Altitude : 35878 m - Taille : 1 à 2 cm
Réf. : 154710
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos154/big/sans_titre_140.jpg
lguez : Mexique : Bahia de Los Angeles : 22980 : 06/08/2015
Altitude : 35878 m - Taille : 1 à 2 cm
Réf. : 154711

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 29-12-2015 22:04
#2
Maybe something close to Efferia candida?????

Posted by Eric Fisher on 30-12-2015 01:57
#3
Excellent ID Reinoud; mine would also be E. candida! (It is hard to count wing cells 'double-exposed'; these guys have 3 'submarginal' cells -- with r2 separated from r3 by a complete crossvein.)

Posted by christoophe on 30-12-2015 09:13
#4
Thanks you two.
This key (http://www.hr-rna...%20key.htm) is excellent, but it is actually that difficult to count cells as Eric says.

Christophe
Edited by christoophe on 30-12-2015 09:15

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 30-12-2015 11:17
#5
: ) It was pretty hard to untangle all the veins....There is a "minor" problem with the ID, in the description of E candida it is mentioned that the bristles on the legs should be white. This specimen has a lot of black ones, local variety?