Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 19

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,038
· Newest Member: Jerome MARIE
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Woodmen00:14:33
· Nosferatumyia01:09:57
· Juergen Peters02:56:47
· Nacho Cabellos04:11:08
· weia04:43:58
· John Carr04:51:44
· actinophrys04:52:46
· Nikita Vikhrev05:31:55
· evdb05:49:03
· JWV06:18:09
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Family forums :: Asilidae Forum
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
From the Canary Islands -> Promachus cf. latitarsatus
Jfdocampo
#1 Print Post
Posted on 12-09-2020 13:21
Member

Location: Madrid (Spain)
Posts: 1070
Joined: 01.11.15

Very big specimen. Botanic garden Viera y Clavijo (Gran Canaria - Spain). 19th August, 2020.

Regards,
Jfdocampo attached the following image:


[117.37Kb]
Edited by Jfdocampo on 21-09-2020 09:22
 
Chris Cohen
#2 Print Post
Posted on 12-09-2020 15:17
Member

Location:
Posts: 211
Joined: 15.02.19

Promachus sp.
 
Jfdocampo
#3 Print Post
Posted on 12-09-2020 17:34
Member

Location: Madrid (Spain)
Posts: 1070
Joined: 01.11.15

Thank you Chris.
 
Quaedfliegh
#4 Print Post
Posted on 20-09-2020 21:55
User Avatar

Member

Location: Tilburg Netherlands
Posts: 2215
Joined: 18.05.10

Probably P latitarsatus, it also keys out like that and is an endemic I think... according to Weinberg/Baez 1992b the only Promachus on Gran Canaria.
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
Jfdocampo
#5 Print Post
Posted on 21-09-2020 09:20
Member

Location: Madrid (Spain)
Posts: 1070
Joined: 01.11.15

Thank you Reinoud. P. latitarsatus was my candidate too after being reading about Promachus genre in Gran Canaria.
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Benin : Promachus? Asilidae Forum 3 30-09-2024 21:46
ID Diptera from Canary Islands > Tethina grossipes (Becker, 1908) Diptera (adults) 3 10-01-2024 18:13
Steganinae from Canary Islands -> Cacoxenus subg Gitonides Diptera (adults) 10 24-09-2023 21:17
Sciapus sp, from Canary Islands Diptera (adults) 1 27-11-2022 12:26
Asiliinae, black, genus possible?->Promachus sp. Asilidae Forum 3 15-08-2022 00:40
Date and time
27 June 2025 04:23
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: 0.65 seconds | 229,249,861 unique visits