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 Bombyliidae from Chennai, INDIA
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| SKAN |
Posted on 04-03-2016 06:25
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Member Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 62 Joined: 25.01.16 |
The fly was captured yesterday at dusk at Chennai, INDIA I would be glad if someone can identify the Genus. SKAN attached the following image:  [185.51Kb] |
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| SKAN |
Posted on 07-03-2016 05:31
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Member Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 62 Joined: 25.01.16 |
The fly body length is slightly larger than 1cm. Could this be Anthrax sp.? It looks very close to Anthrax sticticus Anthrax binotatus However, the checklist (PDF: 163 KiB) from Zoological Survey of India, lists only the following: 42. Anthrax argentiapicalis Brunetti, 1912 43. Anthrax bigoti (Brunetti, 1892) 44. Anthrax ceylonicus (Zaitzev, 1988) 45. Anthrax distigma (Wiedemann, 1828) 46. Anthrax gestroi Brunetti, 1912 47. Anthrax indicatus Nurse, 1922. 48. Anthrax institutus Walker, 1852 49. Anthrax niveicaudus Brunetti, 1920 50. Anthrax obscurifrons Brunetti, 1909 Can somebody please confirm if this is Anthrax sp.? Thanks |
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| Mark-uk |
Posted on 08-03-2016 23:05
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 Member Location: UK - Hampshire Posts: 792 Joined: 01.02.10 |
running this thought an old key I made this Villa aperta Walker, 1852. But this could be wrong? |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 09-03-2016 09:22
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
This should be tribe Anthracini, not Villini  Unfortunately, Bombyliidae from India are completely unknown to me and I haven't keys from there  Still it is extremely similar to Palearctic Anthrax .
Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 09-03-2016 09:24 |
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