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 Dioctria ?
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| Christophe Grangier |
Posted on 13-04-2008 10:46
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Member Location: Isere (France) Posts: 147 Joined: 30.08.05 |
Hello My guess is that is a species of Dioctria with a prey. In an hedge row, Optevoz (38 FR) 27/05/06 Christophe Grangier attached the following image:  [48.85Kb] |
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| Christophe Grangier |
Posted on 13-04-2008 10:47
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Member Location: Isere (France) Posts: 147 Joined: 30.08.05 |
another view
Christophe Grangier attached the following image:  [29.61Kb] |
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| Danny Wolff |
Posted on 13-04-2008 11:17
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 Member Location: Germany Posts: 329 Joined: 27.05.04 |
Hello Christophe, your pictures show two different specimens of two asilid genera. The first image is of a male Molobratia teutonus, the second one of a female Dioctria spec.. Greetings, Danny Wolff |
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| Christophe Grangier |
Posted on 13-04-2008 13:11
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Member Location: Isere (France) Posts: 147 Joined: 30.08.05 |
Oh yes thank you, Danny, I wasn't paying attention! These pictures were taken at some few centimeters from each other, at the same place. Is Molobratia a synonymous of ancient genus Dasypogon? |
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| Danny Wolff |
Posted on 14-04-2008 17:02
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 329 Joined: 27.05.04 |
Hello, the species M. teutonus was placed in Dasypogon a very long time ago, but the genus Molobratia is not synonymous with Dasypogon, which still is a good genus with various species in the mediterranean area. Greetings, Danny |
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