Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Big male asilid with red legs and red genitalia

Posted by markop on 18-07-2007 10:19
#1
size: nearly 40mm long
date: 24 June 2007
location: Fodele, Crete, Greece
habitat: house garden (with pond), surrounded by olive groves and brushland

It's most notable features were its red legs and red genitalia.
I had also the impression that its head was small in proportion to the rest of its body...
Sorry, but I didn't manage to get a shot of the wings.

Posted by markop on 18-07-2007 10:20
#2
Closer view of the head and thorax:

Posted by markop on 18-07-2007 10:21
#3
Closer view of the lower abdomen and genitalia:

Posted by markop on 18-07-2007 10:22
#4
Closer view of a front leg:

Posted by Dysmachus on 29-07-2007 10:10
#5
It seems to be a species of Engelepogon. Please add your images to Wikipedia: http://commons.wi...y:Asilidae