Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black hoverfly from Bulgaria

Posted by Paul Cools on 04-07-2016 18:49
#1

Photographed last month at Kresna Gorge, Western part of Bulgaria.

i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac213/PaulCools/diptera/_50C8723-2_zpspvyrm72r.jpg

Kind regards,Paul

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 04-07-2016 22:37
#2

My guess (I don't know the Asilidae Fauna of Bulgaria) is a Dasypogon sp. However the species is entirely unknown to me... and looks a bit odd too.

Please, wait for other opinions ;)

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 04-07-2016 23:21
#3

It looks odd because it is a Stenopogon........and it fits perfectly S. coracinus

: )

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 04-07-2016 23:51
#4

Paul could you please put the photo in the gallery? : )

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 05-07-2016 09:34
#5

Quaedfliegh wrote:
It looks odd because it is a Stenopogon........and it fits perfectly S. coracinus

: )


You are absolutely right! |t Stenopogon, of course!! :) I should have known! :@

Shame on me!! :S :S ;)

Posted by Paul Cools on 05-07-2016 16:16
#6

Yes no problem Reinoud, thank you guys for the ID!

Kind regards,
Paul