Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae North Iran III

Posted by johanvantbosch on 29-08-2018 15:51
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These very active small hairy Asilidae where photographed in the Elburz Mountains, north Iran on 25 August 2018. Can they be identified?
Altitude 2400 meters. gps 36.222, 51.605


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Posted by johanvantbosch on 29-08-2018 18:09
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Just from browsing and looking at pictures.... Pycnopogon perhaps?

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 30-08-2018 00:02
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Yes, it's Pycnopgon, a choice of several species that are very similar.
Edited by Quaedfliegh on 30-08-2018 23:07

Posted by johanvantbosch on 30-08-2018 18:37
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Quaedfliegh wrote:
Yes, it's Pycnopgon, a choice of several similar species that are very similar.


Thank you, Reinoud!