Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A ?Tolmerus sp. from Moscow region

Posted by evergestis on 22-10-2018 18:35
#1

Russia, Moscow region, Krasnogorsk, 23 August 2018

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Posted by Sundew on 22-10-2018 20:18
#2

You should transfer this thread in the Asilidae subsection to attract the experts!
It is a female, so identification is tricky. As to leg colouration, it might be Tolmerus atricapillus, but there are similar species...
Regards, Sundew

Posted by evergestis on 22-10-2018 20:41
#3

Oh, there's a subforum for those too!
Is there a way to actually transfer the thread, instead of deleting posts here and posting them again there? I cannot find such an option...
Maybe a moderator can do this?

Posted by Sundew on 23-10-2018 00:09
#4

He can; we can only delete our own posts, not the whole thread (in case there is already a reply). However, just post it again...

Posted by evergestis on 23-10-2018 00:17
#5

Yeah, I just did it today with a Syrphid -- but that looks like littering the forum to me...
So, moderator - could you please transfer this thread to the Asilidae subforum? ;)

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 25-10-2018 19:09
#6

It is a Tolmerus sp.

Posted by evergestis on 30-10-2018 01:14
#7

Thanks! No chance to make it to species?

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 30-10-2018 16:28
#8

It is a female and I'm afraid that they are near to impossible to ID from a picture without an accompanying male.

Posted by evergestis on 30-10-2018 19:00
#9

Thanks!