Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae (can it be determined from a photo)

Posted by Gordon on 19-07-2009 08:18
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I paste in here an email related to this picture for those who are interested. I will hopefully add the photo to the gallery now it is determined.

Dear Gordon,

This specimen is 100% a female Antipalus reginae Moucha & Hradsky, 1966. It is the only female Antipalus with black bristles on the tibiae and practically red femora (only a little bit darker on the upper side). This species is described from Spercheios Valley in Greece and Petrich in Bulgaria and is only known from Greece , Yugoslavia and Bulgaria .

Best wishes

Guy

Edited by Gordon on 19-07-2009 08:19