Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae ID? La Rioja, Argentina
Posted by jorgelg21 on 10-03-2017 16:44
#1
Buenas, mi primer posteo por acá, me gustaría saber si se pueden identificar estos ejemplares, al parecer de la misma especie, hallados en el Parque Nacional Talampaya, La Rioja, Argentina el 26/02/2017. El ambiente es Monte de Llanuras y se encuentra aproximadamente a los 1.200 m s.n.m.
Gracias de antemano y saludos!
Jorge La Grotteria
Posted by John Carr on 10-03-2017 21:44
#2
Subfamily Asilinae.
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 10-03-2017 21:56
#3
Maybe something like a Proctacanthus sp. ?
Posted by Eric Fisher on 10-03-2017 22:05
#4
This is a female
Lochmorhynchus sp. -- very much like a
Proctacanthus...
Cheers,
Eric
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 11-03-2017 12:47
#5
Hello Eric. How do you separate these genera?
Posted by Eric Fisher on 11-03-2017 19:48
#6
Hi Reinoud,
Both genera are in the 'Apocleine' group of Asilinae (w/o anatergal setae); distinctive, as both w/ r4 & r5 veins ending in costa above tip of wing.
Lochmorhynchus ovipositor w/ apical pair of flap-like appendages, no spines; restricted to so. S. Amer. (Argentina & Chile).
Proctacanthus (+
Taurhynchus, Eccritosia & Proctacanthella) have apical cluster of spines on ovipositor, are widespread in Americas.
Cheers, Eric
Edited by Eric Fisher on 11-03-2017 19:49
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 12-03-2017 03:28
#7
Thank you Eric!
Posted by jorgelg21 on 13-03-2017 16:52
#8
Muchas gracias a todos por sus respuestas e información!!!!! saludos!
Edited by jorgelg21 on 13-03-2017 16:55