Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australia Asilidae - Cerdistus sp.

Posted by jgruber111 on 09-03-2021 02:49
#1

Found at Wallaby Hills Nature Reserve on Goldfields Rd, E of York. Western Australia, Australia on 21.XI.2018.

These were perching on large rocks.

Male Cerdistus?

More and bigger pics here.

Edited by jgruber111 on 12-03-2021 02:48

Posted by jgruber111 on 09-03-2021 02:50
#2

Another view.

Posted by Chris Cohen on 10-03-2021 20:46
#3

Part of the Australasian "Neoitamis-Cerdistus" complex (neither of which are true Neoitamus or Cerdistus!). Truly a taxonomic mess, but Cerdistus is the most likely name for this specimen.

Posted by jgruber111 on 12-03-2021 02:48
#4

Thanks Chris.