Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae on the beach => Taurhynchus sp.

Posted by LRubio7 on 11-03-2017 03:23
#1

Hello! These two were found on a beach in Buenos Aires, Argentia. They are different individuals, but I think they may belong to the same species. Some help?

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Edited by LRubio7 on 13-03-2017 20:10

Posted by Eric Fisher on 13-03-2017 18:58
#2

Beautiful shots Jorge! Top is a male Taurhynchus sp. (essentially = a Proctacanthus with a keeled proboscis, T-shaped in X-section).

Below is probably same -- except very teneral (and just emerged from pupal case projecting from sand!).

Cheers,

Eric

Posted by LRubio7 on 13-03-2017 20:13
#3

Thank you very much, Eric!! You're helping me a lot with these Argentine species, soon I will upload more.