Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Late Tachinid #2 (05.11.24) --> Paracraspedothrix montivaga

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-11-2024 20:46
#1

Hello,

another Tachinid from yesterday on Tanacetum vulgare on a meadow near forest (northwest Germany). Only 4-5 mm.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2024 18:36

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-11-2024 20:46
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Pic #2

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-11-2024 20:47
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Pic #3

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-11-2024 20:47
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Pic #4

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-11-2024 20:47
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Pic #5

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2024 05:17
#6

How about Paracraspedothrix montivaga?

Posted by Zeegers on 07-11-2024 12:45
#7

Yes ! Name is longer than the fly itself :)


Theo

Posted by John Carr on 07-11-2024 15:09
#8

The Nearctic Paracraspedothrix angulicornis, with an even longer name, may be a synonym.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2024 18:35
#9

Thanks a lot, Theo and John! A new species for me. :D

P.S.: I could not find anything about its host(s).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2024 18:36

Posted by Zeegers on 08-11-2024 10:01
#10

Did you check the host catalogue ?

https://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Tach/WorldTachs/CatPalHosts/Cat_Pal_tach_hosts_Ver1.pdf

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2024 20:18
#11

Hello Theo,

Zeegers wrote:
Did you check the host catalogue ?

ni, I did not know that PDF. So thanks for posting it!

Unfortunately Paracraspedothrix montivaga (or Chaetostigmoptera montivaga) is not mentioned in it.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2024 20:21