Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Big one from Brazil --> Archilestris capnopterus

Posted by LRubio7 on 27-01-2018 21:14
#1

In the Burle Marx Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil. This has to be the biggest Asilidae I've seen...

Edited by LRubio7 on 28-01-2018 22:30

Posted by LRubio7 on 27-01-2018 21:14
#2

Attempt of dorsal photo:

Edited by LRubio7 on 27-01-2018 21:15

Posted by Eric Fisher on 28-01-2018 17:37
#3

Archilestris capnopterus (Wied.), male. Stunning! Most slender of the ca. 6 known Archilestris spp. Please add photos to gallery; thanks!

Posted by LRubio7 on 28-01-2018 18:52
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Excellent, thanks! I'll add it now.