Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Requesting ID help for Asilidae

Posted by RajashreeKhalap on 14-04-2022 13:57
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Location: my garden in Nagaon village, Maharashtra, Konkan Coast, SW India. I think it's Asilidae but I'm not sure.

Edited by RajashreeKhalap on 14-04-2022 13:59

Posted by John Carr on 14-04-2022 14:19
#2

It is one of the genera of Asilinae with modified wing in male (costa bulging out).

Posted by RajashreeKhalap on 14-04-2022 14:25
#3

Thank you! I was confused because I couldn't find any wings like that in net searches.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 14-04-2022 16:23
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Clephydroneura, numerous spp. from the Oriental region. Costa generally bulging outward is very distinctive. Joseph and Parui, 1979 (Ent. scand. 10: 33-42) noted that it is much similar to the Afrotropical genus Synolcus. By the way, an unidentified South African robber fly shown in the wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae#/media/File:Closeup_Robber_Fly.jpg) most probably represents Synolcus dubius (Macquart, 1846)

Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 14-04-2022 16:23

Posted by RajashreeKhalap on 16-04-2022 13:51
#5

Oh I see. Thanks!

Posted by Chris Cohen on 17-04-2022 18:40
#6

I second Clephydroneura sp.