Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Asilidae

Posted by nomad on 07-09-2016 10:02
#1
Large Robber-fly? Hedgerow, Chalk Grassland, Wilts, England August 2016. Can you ID please.

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Edited by nomad on 07-09-2016 10:06

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 07-09-2016 18:25
#2
Usually females of the Machimus/Tolmerus group are impossible to ID from a photo but, by default, the legs fit entirely Tolmerus atricapillus (kite tailed robberfly), in Britain there is no other species that looks like that. Also the mystax fits description.
Edited by Quaedfliegh on 07-09-2016 21:54

Posted by nomad on 07-09-2016 19:45
#3
Many thanks Reinoud Regards Peter.