Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae from California. - Linnaemya comta [JC]

Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2023 19:03
#1

Found this one above the beach at Alameda, San Francisco on 15th July 2023. ID'able from these photos?

Edited by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2023 14:23

Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2023 19:03
#2

2nd photo...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2023 19:04
#3

3rd photo

Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2023 19:05
#4

4th and final photo...

Posted by John Carr on 29-08-2023 21:01
#5

I think Linnaemya comta, according to the key of Brooks (1944) the only North American species with pale-haired pleura. In place of a description he adds, "This species is sufficiently well known in both adult and immature stages so that no additional description is needed."

Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2023 14:22
#6

Thanks for the ID John, appreciated :)