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| pieter |
Posted on 11-06-2018 19:33
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Member Location: Posts: 16 Joined: 19.06.08 |
Is this Eutolmus rufibarbis? See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13306582 as well. Thanks! 
Edited by pieter on 11-06-2018 21:34 |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 12-06-2018 13:14
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 Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
I have Eutolmus rufibarbis male and it looks a bit different than the species in your photo. https://diptera.i...d_id=82760 you should post Asiliidae queries in the Asiliidae forum to reach the experts. I only have experience with a few species, so i cannot recommend a genus. John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 12-06-2018 14:35
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
Hello again, this one bothers me because it looks similar to the species in my photo. A problem for me is the overall appearance. My specimen lacks such obvious golden hairs, my specimen is more dark gray, silver and black. My specimen has silver hairs on the ventral side of the abdomen (which could be due to the usage of flash). The genital structure appears to be different but this could be due to the angle of photography. I've searched through all of the genera for Germany and Eutolmus does seem to match. Furthermore, a photo in the gallery looks very similar to your photo and it is called Eutolmus rufibarbis: https://diptera.i...to_id=3152 another photo in the gallery looks much like my specimen and it is also called Eutolmus rufibarbis: https://diptera.i...to_id=2419 I guess that you are correct: Eutolmus rufibarbis male. Thus, it appears that this species is variable in color. I'm sorry that i lack the experience to know such things about Asiliidae. Edited by johnes81 on 12-06-2018 14:36 John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| pieter |
Posted on 12-06-2018 22:50
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Member Location: Posts: 16 Joined: 19.06.08 |
Thanks, very interesting, I'll need to do some more digging. The differences in angle and lighting certainly don't make a comparison easier. |
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