Neoitamus cothurnatus, the scarce awl robberfly, is a species of 'robber fly' belonging to the family Asilidae.EU-nomen
Distribution This species is present in Europe.Catalogue of life
Description Neoitamus cothurnatus can reach a body length of about .William Lundbeck Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark Identification It is a small, grey-black asilid (10-15 mm.) Difficult to distinguish from other Neoitamus. Wolff, Gebel and Geller-Grimm (2021), Majer (1997), van den Broek (1979), and Stubbs and Drake (2001) all provide keys, descriptions and illustrations.Danny Wolff, Markus Gebel and Fritz Geller-Grimm: The Robber Flies of Germany: Discovering - Observing - Identifying. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-494-01733-4 Majer, D.M. European Asilidae, in Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds.), Contributions to a manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 2, Nematocera and Lower Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest (Hongrie), 1997, pp.549-567 van den Broek, R., Schulten, A., Wouwen N. (traducteur), Field Guide to the Robberflies of the Netherlands and Belgium, Éditions Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, 2017, 136 pages, (ISBN 9789051070545) Older works are also useful, e.g., Seguy (1920), Verrall (1909), and Oldroyd (1969).Seguy, E, 1927 Faune de France Faune n° 17 Diptères Asilidae. 188 p., 389 fig Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.BHL Full text with illustrationsOldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London. This species is rather similar to Neoitamus cyanurus. The latter shows more elongate and almost totally black hind basitarsi, that are mostly red in Neiotamus cothurnatus.Flickr
Biology These robberflies fly from end of May to middle of August.Waarnemingen
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Grim Robberflies of Germany Images representing Neoitamus cothurnatus