Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae: Tachina casta ♀
Posted by ESant on 15-02-2025 23:50
#1
Hello,
I photographed this fly in Peschio Croce (AQ), Italy, 1460m a.s.l. on October 27th 2024. I think it is a Tachinidae, but is it possible to identify its genus or species based on these photos?
Thank you in advance,
Emanuele
Edited by ESant on 19-02-2025 12:30
Posted by ESant on 15-02-2025 23:50
#2
Photo 2:
Posted by eklans on 16-02-2025 11:02
#3
I'm pretty sure, it's a female
Tachina fera.
Posted by Zeegers on 17-02-2025 07:52
#4
Lateral margin of thorax is very orange, looks like T. casta to me. Somehow, we can't see the IA bristles ?
Theo
Posted by eklans on 17-02-2025 08:46
#5
I couldn't find the ia bristles, too, and excluded
T. casta because the 5th tarsomere is not distinctly longer than wide (Ceretti)?
Posted by Zeegers on 17-02-2025 12:22
#6
Is that for females ? Anyways, i don't use those types of features in Tachina, they never work. I have never seen a fera with so much orange in thorax, moreover, the parafacial is very hairy ...
Posted by eklans on 17-02-2025 12:47
#7
Yes, it's for females:
"Femmina: vr/occh = 1,25-1,55; quinto protarsomero chiaramente più lungo che largo...casta"
(frons/eye = 1,25-1,55; fifth protarsomere clearly longer than wide)
The frons
is very wide and it's very
orangy - I will no longer look at the Tachina girl's feet! Thanks for the clue!
Edited by eklans on 17-02-2025 12:48
Posted by ESant on 19-02-2025 12:30
#8
Thank you both very much for your help, as usual!