Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 49

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,043
· Newest Member: Chalybion
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· BartNap01:42:21
· Juergen Peters03:13:49
· weia04:44:43
· Joerg Schneider06:27:13
· Volker06:36:39
· smol06:41:47
· evdb07:08:03
· Auratus08:56:50
· RamiP09:07:08
· BubikolRamios09:27:09
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Family forums :: Asilidae Forum
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
Mating robberflies for ID
Isidro
#1 Print Post
Posted on 15-07-2018 09:37
Member

Location: Zaragoza, Spain
Posts: 2092
Joined: 26.04.07

These were photographed yesterday at Javalambre mountain, Iberian System, Teruel, NE Spain, about 1600-1800 meters over sea, in open grassland. These were small robbers, Dioctria-sized. tough clearly they're not Dioctria. Some ideas please? Thanks!

preview.ibb.co/mmU6xT/P1180630_14_7_18_Javalambre.jpg
Edited by Isidro on 15-07-2018 09:41
 
Quaedfliegh
#2 Print Post
Posted on 15-07-2018 12:59
User Avatar

Member

Location: Tilburg Netherlands
Posts: 2215
Joined: 18.05.10

Hello Isidro, they are Andrenosoma sp.
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/
 
Mariastraat 12
Isidro
#3 Print Post
Posted on 15-07-2018 14:26
Member

Location: Zaragoza, Spain
Posts: 2092
Joined: 26.04.07

Thanks Reinoud. Looks like that there are 6 Iberian species of Andrenosoma but only 2 are common, albibarbe and atrum. By google images, it looks like more Andrenosoma albibarbe than atrum (notice red tinge in abdomen). Can I put a more precise ID?
 
Quaedfliegh
#4 Print Post
Posted on 15-07-2018 18:49
User Avatar

Member

Location: Tilburg Netherlands
Posts: 2215
Joined: 18.05.10

I am afraid not. Based on the picture we can't see the characters very well Of the Iberian species most have red on the dorsal side of their abdomen.
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/
 
Mariastraat 12
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Dysmachus mating Asilidae Forum 1 05-07-2025 09:22
wild bees mating Other insects, spiders, etc. 7 29-04-2025 10:44
Mating Senotainia conica (Miltogramminae) Diptera (adults) 6 25-06-2024 08:31
Gymnochiromyia mating Diptera (adults) 1 07-07-2023 09:33
Mating pair ID => Dioctria atricapilla Asilidae Forum 3 19-06-2023 16:12
Date and time
12 July 2025 05:13
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download


Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
il.com

28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

08.05.25 18:22
I have

03.05.25 08:35
Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?

10.03.25 18:02
We are looking for a new webmaster https://diptera.in
fo/forum/viewthrea
d.php?thread_id=11
5023&rowstart=20

04.03.25 17:10
Please use the link posted below to remember and honour Paul, if you wish

Render time: 2.48 seconds | 230,977,511 unique visits