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Is it Tolmerus atripes or Didysmachus picipes ? -> Didysmachus picipes
Lauzette
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Posted on 05-07-2023 20:09
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France : Peyrelevade (19290)
17/V/2023
Altitude : 803 m
Length : 15 mm ?

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos325/big/P5172372-asile-Tolmerus%20atripes%20-%20copie.jpg
Réf. : 325983

With this key https://www.robbe...linae.html, I think it is Tolmerus atripes but my colleague thinks it is Didysmachus picipes like this one https://www.galer...ref=222857.

We have problem with the question of cerci. Can you help us ? Thank you !
Edited by Lauzette on 08-07-2023 15:36
 
Juergen Peters
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Hello,

better try the Asilidae subforum, where the specialists are...
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I'm sorry, I don't know where is this subforum. I can't find it.
 
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Lauzette wrote:
I'm sorry, I don't know where is this subforum. I can't find it.

Simply scroll down in the main menu. You will find the "Asilidae Forum" under "Family forums".
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Ok, I usually don't go through the main menu. Thank you. It's done, now.
 
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It is Didysmachus picipes female.
Edited by Lauzette on 08-07-2023 15:37
 
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