Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID please=> Tolmerus sp. (female)

Posted by binturong on 27-01-2019 21:51
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Central part of Slovenia,
28.8.2018, 250 m asl
Edited by binturong on 30-01-2019 22:12

Posted by binturong on 27-01-2019 21:52
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Posted by binturong on 27-01-2019 21:54
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Posted by binturong on 27-01-2019 21:54
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Posted by binturong on 27-01-2019 21:55
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Posted by picotverd on 28-01-2019 17:10
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Asilinae, female, very difficult.

Posted by Sundew on 28-01-2019 19:02
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The pictures are not the best, but the tips of the femora 1 seem to be red, the facial gibbosity is small, and the tip of the genital is bent downwards - so it might be just the female depicted on the title of Reinoud's key https://waarnemin...ilidae.pdf Smile That is, Paritamus (or Neomochtherus) geniculatus.

Posted by binturong on 29-01-2019 04:46
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Sundew, thank you very much

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 29-01-2019 16:29
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:-) Although the facial gibbosity is not very big, to me this appears to be a Tolmerus sp. Females are near to impossible to ID from a photograph unless you know exactly which species are present in the area.

Posted by Sundew on 30-01-2019 03:07
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Reinoud's experience is by far greater than mine - Machimus (or Tolmerus) is also a good option. I did not think of it because of the very dark femora, but that might be a matter of the light. I should better keep my mouth shut when Asilinae females are on the agenda...

Posted by binturong on 30-01-2019 22:11
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Thanks a lot, Reinoud