Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae for ID

Posted by Chalybion on 13-07-2026 20:22
#1

Hi, this female in bad conditions because found dead and dried outside my house, in Bagnacavallo environments (Ravenna province), on 26 June, 2026. In addition to images:
- postpedicel equal to first and second segments;
- profemur only with fine bristles;
- legs with black and yellow bristles;
- base of pro and media tibiae shortly reddish;
- abdomen apparently banded in postlateral view, apical tergites silvery. I suppose is Machimus species.
Giorgio.
P.S.: sorry, I don't understand why I can't post any image!!

Edited by Chalybion on 18-07-2026 19:25

Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-07-2026 21:45
#2

Chalybion wrote:P.S.: sorry, I don't understand why I can't post any image!!

File too big (300 KB)? Any spaces or special characters in fileme?

P.S.: Better post in the Asilidae subforum.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 13-07-2026 21:46

Posted by Chalybion on 17-07-2026 18:14
#3

head laterally,

Posted by Chalybion on 17-07-2026 18:15
#4

face

Posted by Chalybion on 17-07-2026 18:16
#5

thorax laterally

Posted by Chalybion on 17-07-2026 18:16
#6

scutellum

Posted by Chalybion on 17-07-2026 18:17
#7

apex of abdomen laterally

Posted by Chalybion on 17-07-2026 18:19
#8

many thank's Juergen: the problem is solved after I accepted again just now terms conditions. :)

Edited by Chalybion on 17-07-2026 18:20

Posted by Chalybion on 18-07-2026 19:29
#9

Could it be Machimus rusticus (Meigen, 1820) ?
Giorgio.