Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae with prey
Posted by nikoname on 03-03-2010 10:27
#1
Photographed on 22/7/2007 at Fontanigorda, Genoa, Liguria, Italy about 900 meters through woodland (chestnut, hazel, hornbeam).
can you identify?
this is my first post, I hope my English is understandable and that you understand how to attach pictures.
thanks
marco
Posted by nikoname on 03-03-2010 10:36
#2
Top view
Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-03-2010 11:03
#3
Prey appears to be a dancefly, probably
Hybos.
Posted by Kahis on 03-03-2010 15:27
#4
I'm not a specialist of Asilidae, but the L-shaped postocular hair and the long ovipositor remind me of genus
Neoitamus.
Posted by nikoname on 03-03-2010 19:30
#5
Kahis wrote:
I'm not a specialist of Asilidae, but the L-shaped postocular hair and the long ovipositor remind me of genus Neoitamus.
might be right. eg Neoitamus socius is very similar except for the color of the legs. I thought of Neomochtherus melanopus but I do not know if it can be a good hypothesis
marco