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Asilidae - Dioctria genus?
Justafly
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... and the species?

Thank you for any your comment.Wink
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Reminds me a lot of Dioctria bicincta... but cannot see all features well (I miss a proper view of the antennae) so I might be wrong. Better wait for Reinoud. In any case, this is a species I am not familiar with.
 
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Here you are another photo. May be it could be more useful.

Thank you in any case.SmileSmileSmile
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Thanks for the new picture! Smile

Pity that I don't see the length of the second antennal segment clearly enough... But still, if I forget about this feature, still the rest fits Dioctria bicincta nicely Smile I have just checked and it is present in Italy so, that is a good sign Wink
 
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You could well be right Piluca, but the hind meta tarsi seem a bit narrow for the species which would point at D. gracilis. A tough one to ID
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Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/

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Thanks, Reinoud! Smile Good thing you are always around! Wink

Dioctria keeps confusing me Angry

Sorry for the mistake, Justafly Frown But I thought females of bicincta and gracilis are very difficult to separate and D. gracilis appears in Fauna Europaea as doubtly present in all countries were it was previously cited. And bicincta is present in Italy so I assumed it had to be that one. Too much assuming on my part, sorry.
 
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Moreover we should consider that Dioctria gracilis in Italy appears present (with a question mark) only in Sardinia!

Cfr. http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/invertebrates/families/Asilidae.html

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According to Engel the two species are very difficult to separate and also FGG says that the females can not be separated in his online key. This is a female...... :-) As D. gracilis is only known from Sardinia, this may well be D. bincincta, Piluca is right! Although D. gracilis is also known from France.... The doubtful presence seems to mean that someone doubts D. gracilis as a valid species. Otherwise the species wouldn't occur anywhere and would be non existant.
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Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/

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