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Diptera.info :: Peru Asilidae - Apachekolos sp.
Posted by
jgruber111
on 09-11-2019 22:54
#1
Found at Las Piedras Amazon Center in Madre de Dios region in southeastern Peru on 8.IX.2019. Female Leptogaster?
Edited by
jgruber111
on 19-12-2019 13:15
Posted by
Eric Fisher
on 13-12-2019 19:26
#2
Yes, Leptogastrinae female. I have identified these with the Nearctic genus Apachekolos (very slender hind tibiae) but T. Dikow believes that genus may prove to be the same as the Old World genus Mesoleptogaster. Very nice!
Cheers, Eric
Posted by
jgruber111
on 19-12-2019 13:16
#3
Thanks much!