Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina magnicornis?

Posted by Carnifex on 02-04-2024 22:15
#1
Early May, Vienna.

Fore tarsi are dark and the black abdominal stripe widens towards the end of T5

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Posted by Zeegers on 03-04-2024 08:18
#2
Well, the front metatars is very orange ......

Theo

Posted by Carnifex on 03-04-2024 10:22
#3
ok, in Tschorsnig's key it says 'fore tarsus yellow' - I read this as all the tarsi would be yellow, but apparently it should read: fore metatarsus?

When I checked Steven Falk's Flickr Album, the specimen he shows an magnicornis also has the fore metatarus more orange then the other tarsal segments:

https://www.flick...303603490/
Edited by Carnifex on 03-04-2024 10:22

Posted by Zeegers on 03-04-2024 12:33
#4
First of all, that is a male. Never compare femalex with males.
Secondly, i disagree. Metatars 1 is dark, only metatars 2 is orange.

Theo