Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Peru Asilidae - Apachekolos sp.

Posted by jgruber111 on 09-11-2019 23:54
#1

Found at Las Piedras Amazon Center in Madre de Dios region in southeastern Peru on 8.IX.2019. Female Leptogaster?

Edited by jgruber111 on 19-12-2019 14:15

Posted by Eric Fisher on 13-12-2019 20:26
#2

Yes, Leptogastrinae female. I have identified these with the Nearctic genus Apachekolos (very slender hind tibiae) but T. Dikow believes that genus may prove to be the same as the Old World genus Mesoleptogaster. Very nice!

Cheers, Eric

Posted by jgruber111 on 19-12-2019 14:16
#3

Thanks much!