Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilid from the Western Ghats, India

Posted by muscicapa on 13-04-2015 10:34
#1

Wonder if this might be identifiable to genus or tribe.
Found on vegetation near forest floor under canopy of dense evergreen forest in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asilid_orange_wynaad.jpg

TIA
Shyamal

Posted by Eric Fisher on 13-04-2015 17:46
#2

Definitely a Saropogon sp.; very probably = S. hulli (which has same coloration -- including four black spots anteriorly on scutum and black on abdomen).

Posted by muscicapa on 14-04-2015 10:14
#3

Thank you!