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 wasp like asilid from Turkey
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 18-08-2012 13:21
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
I saw this Asilid in SW Turkey, early Jyne this year. Immediately after I took the first photo the fly disappeared in the herb it's here sitting on. When I looked, it appeared to be egg laying in the soil. As the coloration is quite atypical, I hope a (partial) ID is possible! Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [91.33Kb] Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 18-08-2012 19:02 Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 18-08-2012 13:22
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
and here a somewhat obscure view of the egg laying...
Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [148.5Kb] Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-08-2012 16:50
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Check against your own image of Molobratia teutonis on http://www.corzonneveld.nl/diptera/Asiloidea/Asilidae/Dasypogoninae.php...
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 18-08-2012 18:55
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
hm, yes, similar - but with significant (??) differences. For instance, the antennae are dark in this specimen and completely yellow in my M. teutonis. Furthermore, the yellow spots are *way* more extensive in this female compared to the photo you refer to... But I agree, there's quite some similarity on photo. Yet, it didn't occur to me at all to compare these! So thanks for the pointer... Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 18-08-2012 18:58 Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 19-08-2012 07:17
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 Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
Cor, I believe your fly is an Ancylorhynchus sp. (can't say which one -- there are many in the so. Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions). This genus was shown by Jorge and discussed by Dysmachus in this thread from 2007: http://www.dipter...;pid=35075 Cheers, Eric |
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| Lukasz Mielczarek |
Posted on 19-08-2012 12:23
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One of the coolest Asilidae which I caught belongs to this genus. Unfortunately my female specimen was damaged during transport .In attachment male specimen of Ancylorrhynchus glaucius (Ukraine, Crimea) with very characteristic proboscis. Greetings, Lukasz Lukasz Mielczarek attached the following image:  [57.47Kb] Edited by Lukasz Mielczarek on 19-08-2012 12:24 |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 19-08-2012 21:09
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Thanks all for the responses and especially Eric for the partial ID!
Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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