Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown genus -> (Di)dysmachus
Posted by treebeard on 06-07-2023 22:39
#1
This species looks very extraordinarily in my region. It should be Asilinae, but sits quite differently - in the beginning I thought it was not a robberfly. Can anybody help to identify it?
Slovakia, Banská Bystrica, mountain meadow, 650 m.a.s.l., 6 July 2023.
Thank you in advance
Matej
Edited by treebeard on 09-07-2023 07:48
Posted by treebeard on 06-07-2023 22:41
#2
a dorsal view
Posted by treebeard on 06-07-2023 22:43
#3
it sat in this position at least twice
Posted by treebeard on 06-07-2023 22:44
#4
a detail of head and thorax
Posted by treebeard on 06-07-2023 22:46
#5
and ovipositor, yellow bristles on tergites are also visible
Posted by JWV on 07-07-2023 17:43
#6
Hi Matej,
Check Didysmachus picipes female, the ovipositor is quite remarkable.
Best, Jonne
Posted by treebeard on 08-07-2023 07:01
#7
Thank you, Jonne
Yes, you are probably close. I should feel ashamed as Didysmachus picipes is the most common robberfly species in my region. I let myself to be misled byt the overall impression.
However, there is one difference between D. picipes and this specimen - conspicuous yellow bristles on the front tibia. As for ovipositor, there are black bristles on the ventral side, which I cannot see in my pictures f D. picipes females. Maybe some Dysmachus? There are eleven species of them in the Slovak checklist.
Edited by treebeard on 08-07-2023 07:09