Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Hanging-thieves (Diogmites) » Diogmites salutans
Photo#4601
Diogmites salutans - female
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Diogmites salutans - Female
Highway 55 & Sedwick, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 3, 2004
Found at a lighted storefront window in the early morning. It perhaps was attracted to the wounded insects in the area, or was attracted to the light the previous night.

Species identification by Herschel Raney. Image updated 2019.
Location near: 35.889201, -78.897416
ID updated 12/15/19. See comments.
Also, I think this is a female.

Images of this individual: tag all
Diogmites salutans - female Diogmites salutans - female Diogmites salutans - female Diogmites salutans - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Cotinis on 5 July, 2004 - 8:43am
Last updated 18 December, 2022 - 10:20am

Moved--salutans seems a better match.
Moved from Diogmites angustipennis.
Looking at images on BugGuide and iNaturalist, this seems to be a better match for a species that is fairly common in the Southeast, Diogmites salutans. It is similar to angustipennis, but the latter species is not found east of the Appalachians, according to BugGuide and iNaturalist records, plus a reference in the literature: Artigas J.N. The genus Diogmites (Robber Flies) in eastern United States (Diptera: Asilidae) Ohio J. Sci. 66(4): 401-421, 1966. That reference is linked from the Diogmites guide page. Crossing my fingers here.
… Cotinis, 15 December, 2019 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Diog
Going back to this image this looks like Diogmites angustipennis from the top.
… Herschel Raney, 1 July, 2005 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
revisiting this image!
Hi Herschel. I have been (slowly) going through some of my early postings here and uploading more carefully processed images, and adding some of them to iNaturalist. I wonder a bit about this photo. Stated ranges for angustipennis are farther west, and there do not seem to be other records for NC on BugGuide or in iNaturalist. (I know species ID in this group is often difficult.)
I wonder if something like D. properans is possible for this?
… Cotinis, 14 December, 2019 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

 
or...
D. salutans, commonly reported from the Piedmont of NC:

… Cotinis, 14 December, 2019 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
detail shots
Adding a couple of detail shots in case that is helpful. Again, thanks for your assistance!

… Cotinis, 14 December, 2019 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact