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 French Asilidae - probably Asilinae
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| Lagides |
Posted on 17-12-2020 11:11
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 Member Location: Lyon (France) Posts: 32 Joined: 16.12.20 |
Hello, I photographed this Asilidae in September, 2019 in Lyon (south-est of France). I don't have a size or an estimation of the size. I think it's an Asilinae and one of my collegue suggested that it could be Tolmerus atripes. What do you think of my Asilidae? Lagides attached the following image:  [204.54Kb] Edited by Lagides on 17-12-2020 11:18 |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 18-12-2020 17:27
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2225 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Do you have more pictures? This creature looks too robust to be Tolmerus atripes. That species has a mainly black mystax. It looks to me as if the left hind tibia has a reddish base but I'm not sure. Can you confirm that? I would say it is a Machimus female, if the base of the tibiae are reddish than this could be M. fimbriatus. A rather large Machimus species. If the legs are entirely black it becomes near to impossible to ID this one.
Edited by Quaedfliegh on 18-12-2020 17:27 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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| Lagides |
Posted on 19-12-2020 18:40
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Member Location: Lyon (France) Posts: 32 Joined: 16.12.20 |
Unfortunately I don't have pictures from another angle of view... Here an enlargement of the left hind tibia, effectively it seems to have a red base! Lagides attached the following image:  [251.79Kb] |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 19-12-2020 19:45
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2225 Joined: 18.05.10 |
:-) Surely the right left tibia has a red base. Because of the mainly white mystax it could be M. cf fimbriatus but I can't be sure.
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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| Lagides |
Posted on 19-12-2020 19:54
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Member Location: Lyon (France) Posts: 32 Joined: 16.12.20 |
So we should call it "Machimus cf. cf. fimbriatus"  But at least we have the genus! Thanks! |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 20-12-2020 23:53
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2225 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Yessss cf cf :-)
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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