Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sturdy Asilidae, Zambia

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 19-01-2012 02:54
#1

Although this resembles my two previously posted flies, it struck me as considerably more robust, which is why I'm uploading it separately.

Place: Chongwe District, Lusaka, Zambia.
Habitat: Several patrolling flowering local tree (swarming with african honeybees), in orchard/dry scrub patchwork.
Date: 22.10.2011
Size: 3-3.5 cm.

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 04-02-2012 16:35
#2

It occurs to me that this might simply be a male of the species already IDed - is this likely to be Promachus?