Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae - Ancylorhynchus sp.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2007 22:54
#1
Hi


* locality - Montesinho - Bragan?a - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.08.04
* size - 7 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - openland (near sea)
* substrate - near cereal


Montesinho is the best place I've seen so far for asilids! It is amazing!


EDIT----> Title changed from "Another asilidae in Montesinho" to "Asilidae - Ancylorhynchus sp."
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 23-09-2007 00:02

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2007 22:54
#2
another...

Posted by Dysmachus on 22-09-2007 14:24
#3
Unfortunately, the proboscis is out of focus - looks like an Arabian dagger - unique in Asilidae and known from Europe in the genus Ancylorhynchus. Yours

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-09-2007 00:01
#4
hmm... i knew that Montesinho is a very special place for Asilidae and Tabanidae! It is a paradise for those flies! (if not taurus destroy all the vegetation Sad )