Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Belvosia spec. - Curacao
Posted by hedy2411 on 11-11-2021 22:09
#1
who knows the name of this Tachinidae fly..?
Found 10-6-2018 in Curacao..
Edited by hedy2411 on 31-12-2021 17:05
Posted by John Carr on 12-11-2021 15:04
#2
Probably somewhere in here:
Thompson, W.R. 1963. The tachinids of Trinidad. III. The goniines with microtype eggs (Dipt. Tachinidae). Studia Entomologica 6: 257–404.
I do not have that reference, and the original 19th century descriptions of some of the common tropical species are not very useful for identification.
Posted by Zeegers on 12-11-2021 15:07
#3
Clearly, it is Belvosia, Gonis or similar.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 12-11-2021 15:49
#4
Zeegers wrote:
Clearly, it is Belvosia, Gonis or similar.
Theo
Do you see ocellars? I can't.
Posted by hedy2411 on 06-12-2021 22:23
#5
...with excuses for the delay...
Posted by hedy2411 on 06-12-2021 22:24
#6
...with excuses for the delay...
Posted by hedy2411 on 06-12-2021 22:25
#7
..can these pictures help..?
Edited by hedy2411 on 06-12-2021 22:26
Posted by John Carr on 07-12-2021 02:20
#8
In the Central American key it goes to
Choeteprosopa, but that genus is present only on the mainland according to the world checklist. It may be one of the genera only found in the Antilles and omitted from the key. You need the reference I mentioned earlier.
Posted by hedy2411 on 31-12-2021 17:07
#9
This is all I have, so we may keep it to Belvosia spec.
Thanks John and Theo!
Regards,
Hedy
Edited by hedy2411 on 31-12-2021 17:13