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 Honduras Asilid, Machimus?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 04-02-2011 01:12
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Robust, short wings. Is this a Machimus sp.? 17 May 2009, Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras, low elevation (under 300 meters, anyway), mixed forest and cleared areas. Stephen attached the following image:  [134.5Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 04-02-2011 20:54
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 Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
Stephen, This is a very nice photo of a male Amblyonychus cf. trapezoidalis. Amblyonychus is closely related to Promachus (has blunt claws, latter has sharp ones); Machimus is a distant relative, in the same subfamily -- Asilinae. Regards, Eric |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 04-02-2011 21:29
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Eric, thanks so much, it is good to have a caption after almost two years!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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