Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Requesting ID help for Asilidae
Posted by RajashreeKhalap on 14-04-2022 12:57
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Location: my garden in Nagaon village, Maharashtra, Konkan Coast, SW India. I think it's Asilidae but I'm not sure.
Edited by RajashreeKhalap on 14-04-2022 12:59
Posted by John Carr on 14-04-2022 13:19
#2
It is one of the genera of Asilinae with modified wing in male (costa bulging out).
Posted by RajashreeKhalap on 14-04-2022 13:25
#3
Thank you! I was confused because I couldn't find any wings like that in net searches.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 14-04-2022 15:23
#4
Clephydroneura, numerous spp. from the Oriental region. Costa generally bulging outward is very distinctive. Joseph and Parui, 1979 (Ent. scand. 10: 33-42) noted that it is much similar to the Afrotropical genus
Synolcus. By the way, an unidentified South African robber fly shown in the wikipedia article (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae#/media/File:Closeup_Robber_Fly.jpg) most probably represents
Synolcus dubius (Macquart, 1846)
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 14-04-2022 15:23
Posted by RajashreeKhalap on 16-04-2022 12:51
#5
Oh I see. Thanks!
Posted by Chris Cohen on 17-04-2022 17:40
#6
I second Clephydroneura sp.