Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae: Cap Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada
Posted by Diptoch on 14-12-2024 22:56
#1
Taken to august 12 1992.
Posted by Diptoch on 14-12-2024 22:57
#2
Lateral view of the head
Edited by Diptoch on 14-12-2024 22:59
Posted by Diptoch on 14-12-2024 22:58
#3
The face
Posted by Diptoch on 14-12-2024 22:58
#4
Lateral view of the thorax
Posted by John Carr on 14-12-2024 23:49
#5
It is a Tachinini with well-developed palps, no strong parafacial bristles, and first flagellomere larger than pedicel. Is the bright yellow of the head real? Compare
Archytas aterrimus, which does not have so much yellow and is usually smaller than 15 mm. There are also undescribed species related to
A. aterrimus.
I attached an illustration of sternite 5 of
A. atterimus.
Edited by John Carr on 14-12-2024 23:50
Posted by Diptoch on 15-12-2024 08:11
#6
I added a picture of sternite no.5.
Posted by John Carr on 16-12-2024 01:26
#7
The arms of the 5th sternite do not diverge as much as they do in the illustration. It looks more like the related
Archytas instabilis, which is a much smaller species. There are one or two undescribed species near
A. aterrimus and you may have one of them.