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 Tolmerus sp? eating Aphodius
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| Andre Jas |
Posted on 23-10-2006 16:37
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 Member Location: Georgsdorf, Germany Posts: 485 Joined: 04.10.04 |
Hello, Looks obvious to me, but I know all too well what that's worth...  Right this time? Andr? Jas Andre Jas attached the following image:  [44.4Kb] Edited by Andre Jas on 31-10-2006 23:25 |
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| Andre Jas |
Posted on 23-10-2006 16:38
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Member Location: Georgsdorf, Germany Posts: 485 Joined: 04.10.04 |
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| Danny Wolff |
Posted on 30-10-2006 20:20
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 Member Location: Germany Posts: 329 Joined: 27.05.04 |
Hello Andr?, where have these pictures been taken? In The Netherlands? Then it looks to me more like a female Tolmerus sp. than a Machimus rusticus. Greetings, Danny |
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| Andre Jas |
Posted on 30-10-2006 22:59
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Member Location: Georgsdorf, Germany Posts: 485 Joined: 04.10.04 |
Hi Danny, Yep in the east of Holland (Ootmarsum). But on www.nederlandsesoorten.nl I can't find Tolmerus. So it's not supposed to be in Holland. Does Tolmerus have another name perhaps? Andr |
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| Danny Wolff |
Posted on 01-11-2006 20:12
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 329 Joined: 27.05.04 |
Hi Andr?, yes, what we in Germany call Tolmerus is treated in other countries as Machimus. But that is not so important. What I really wanted to say is that your picture is not of a M. rusticus. After checking the Checklist of the Asilids of The Netherlands it is rather clear that your image shows a female Machimus / Tolmerus atricapillus. The other species have a different colouration of the legs and or some spines on the ventral side of the fore femora. I gues one or two of the spines would be to see on the first image. In Germany there are a few other species that would fit. And I would not be surprised if M. / T. pyragra will be caught in the Netherlands in areas with pine forests intermixed with heath in some years. Here in Eastern Lower Saxony you sometimes have to catch quite a lot of "atricapillus" to get one pyragra intermixed. Greetings, Danny |
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| Andre Jas |
Posted on 01-11-2006 21:46
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Member Location: Georgsdorf, Germany Posts: 485 Joined: 04.10.04 |
Hi Danny, Thanks for all your trouble. It's always difficult without a key and good images to check things. So I mainly rely on experts like you  Andr |
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