Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Honduras Asilid, Machimus?

Posted by Stephen on 04-02-2011 01:12
#1

Robust, short wings. Is this a Machimus sp.?

17 May 2009, Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras, low elevation (under 300 meters, anyway), mixed forest and cleared areas.

Posted by Eric Fisher on 04-02-2011 20:54
#2

Stephen,

This is a very nice photo of a male Amblyonychus cf. trapezoidalis. Amblyonychus is closely related to Promachus (has blunt claws, latter has sharp ones); Machimus is a distant relative, in the same subfamily -- Asilinae.

Regards,

Eric

Posted by Stephen on 04-02-2011 21:29
#3

Eric, thanks so much, it is good to have a caption after almost two years!