Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Red 1
Posted by Vinz on 22-07-2008 18:32
#1
Seen in August 2007 in French Alps near 1500m high ...
Can you find its name ?
Thank you
Posted by Vinz on 25-07-2008 21:41
#2
Nobody can tell me the genus ?
Posted by Eric Fisher on 28-07-2008 16:52
#3
Hi Vinz,
This robber fly is in the genus Stenopogon. Perhaps someone else can add a species name.
Regards, Eric
Posted by Vinz on 28-07-2008 17:33
#4
Thanks
I have a specimen already identified (in this forum) as Stenopogon, which is with the same colors (but I am unable to determine asilids by myself).
Is the red-orange color caracteristic ?
Regards
Posted by Eric Fisher on 28-07-2008 21:01
#5
Vinz,
There are many (100+) species of Stenopogon, in both the E & W Hemisphere. Many are reddish like this one, but others are completely black or with other colors. Stenopogon is unusual in having a round head (when viewed from the front); nearly all other Asilidae have a distinctly broader (wider-than-high) head shape.
Regards, Eric
Posted by Vinz on 29-07-2008 06:32
#6
Thank you Eric