Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brazil Asilidae - Aspidopyga cophuroides
Posted by jgruber111 on 21-12-2019 22:17
#1
Found at Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA), in Cachoeiras de Macacu municipality in state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil on 1.XII.2019. Teneral individual.
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Number 1.
Edited by jgruber111 on 14-07-2020 14:38
Posted by jgruber111 on 21-12-2019 22:19
#2
Another view.
Posted by jgruber111 on 21-12-2019 22:19
#3
Another view.
Posted by Eric Fisher on 29-12-2019 21:55
#4
Asilidae, teneral female (?). This one puzzles me -- can't even determine subfamily from photos!
Posted by jgruber111 on 29-12-2019 22:42
#5
Unfortunately, this was the only one I saw. I returned to same area several times and scoured but no luck finding others. Next time!
Posted by Chris Cohen on 25-03-2020 16:19
#6
Looks like a male Aspidopyga cophuroides to me. Compare with https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8895833.
Edited by Chris Cohen on 25-03-2020 16:34
Posted by Eric Fisher on 09-07-2020 18:43
#7
Chris, Jeff -- Chris is absolutely correct on his 25-03 ID of these 3 photos as a male
Aspidopyga cophuroides. Although the characteristic "double meso-tibial spur" of this monotypic genus is not shown in your photos, the likewise diagnostic epandrium is (nice lateral views photos 1 & 3). Cheers, Eric
Posted by jgruber111 on 14-07-2020 14:39
#8
Thanks so much Chris and Eric!