Posted by SKAN on 04-03-2016 06:25
#1
The fly was captured yesterday at dusk at Chennai, INDIA
I would be glad if someone can identify the Genus.
Posted by SKAN on 07-03-2016 05:31
#2
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
Posted by Mark-uk on 08-03-2016 23:05
#3
running this thought an old key I made this
Villa aperta Walker, 1852. But this could be wrong?
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 09-03-2016 09:22
#4
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