Thread subject: Diptera.info :: French Guyana 3

Posted by christoophe on 04-01-2011 08:57
#1
Hello

Asilide a great and beautiful.

Thank you in advance Eric.

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos65/big/asylide_saul_311.jpg
Alexandre Vinot : Guyane française : Saül : 973 : 31/10/2009
Altitude : 250m - Taille : 3 cm
Réf. : 65483

Posted by ChrisR on 04-01-2011 12:31
#2
Looks like another Mallophora tibialis to me :)

Posted by christoophe on 04-01-2011 14:08
#3
the white hairs on the tibia 3 are apparently absent.

Posted by Eric Fisher on 04-01-2011 19:43
#4
Wow: wonderful! This is Dasyllis haemorrhoa -- a Laphriinae (Mallophora is Asilinae). This species is the best Eulaema mimic.

Note the different antennae: parallel- sided, blunt at tip; Asilinae antennae taper to a fine point (aristate). The wing venation would also be very different...

Please add to gallery.

Cheers,

Eric

Posted by ChrisR on 04-01-2011 22:40
#5
Very nice! :D