Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Leptarthrus brevirostris?

Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2007 18:19
#1

This was taken today in southern England on chalk downland. Is it Leptarthrus brevirostris? :)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-05-2007 19:10
#2

Yes!

Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2007 20:11
#3

I know it is probably one of the easier asilids ... but it never does any harm to get the opinion of an expert! ;)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-05-2007 20:35
#4

The hind tarsus of the male is an easy give-away for this species. nothing else like it in the UK. Dunno which of the chalk downs you saw it?

Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2007 22:26
#5

It's in the south Chilterns on south Oxfordshire :) see http://hartslock....

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-05-2007 22:37
#6

In 1989 I collected it on one of the Surrey chalk downs. cannot quite recall which one, though.