Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unidendified

Posted by Amir on 03-09-2008 20:41
#1

Photo May 2008 at fallow field

Size: ~10mm

Posted by Amir on 03-09-2008 20:42
#2

2th photo

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-09-2008 20:53
#3

I never saw such beauty!!! :o
i cannot believe in this!! Just out of this world!!! I was very surprised if this prooves to be another Mythicomyiidae?!?!?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-09-2008 20:55
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no. this seems to be a Bombyliidae. But I never saw such genus! :o

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-09-2008 21:01
#5

seems an Amictus in some way, but very bare... and with a short proboscis (? ). I'm baffled with this bombyliid!

Posted by Maddin on 04-09-2008 00:00
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Looks to me like Heterotropus. One of these odd Bombyliidae which might not be Bombyliidae,.... there are a lot of undescribed species in the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula...