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 Didysmachus picipes ?, Germany
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 12-05-2015 23:45
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 Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
found yesterday at an edge of a forest near Marburg. Is it a female Didysmachus picipes? Regards, Ingo   
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 14-05-2015 23:52
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2219 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Maybe (probably), but i'd prefer to see a male... a closer look at the ovipositor could help. And a better vision of the underside of the front femora would help too.
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 15-05-2015 22:23
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Thank you Reinoud. I hope to find a few more individuals next week. Greetings, Ingo Pristurus attached the following image:  [194.29Kb] My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 18-05-2015 20:24
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2219 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Now we can exclude D fuscipennis for sure. D picipes is most likely. But females are hard to id with certainty.
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 24-05-2015 00:05
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Well at the same location I found a couple now. Video of the copula: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Didysmachus_picipes--2015-05-22.webm Pristurus attached the following image:  [111.38Kb] Edited by Pristurus on 24-05-2015 00:06 My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 26-05-2015 02:04
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2219 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Nice video! The long projection on the upper forceps is visible, this has to be Didysmachus.
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 26-05-2015 23:29
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Reinoud, thank you very much. In my area this species seems to be related to warmer edges of forests.
My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 27-05-2015 17:51
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2219 Joined: 18.05.10 |
In the NL the species is completely dependant on the chalkhills in the south.
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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