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EDIT: It's Tachina nupta! (only 1 proclinate orbital bristle and vitta on tergite 5 too small for T. magnicornis.

This morning I saw a typical male Tachina magnicornis and it was patient with me and allowed photos of it's characterisics.

Ansbach, 2026-08-01, garden near old deciduous forest in Frankenhoehe Nature Park

1. habitus, 1 proclinate orbital:

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2. lateral

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3. face:

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4. tergite 5

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5. tergite 5 lateral

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6. fore tarsus (claws > tarsomere 5, but < tm 5+4:

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There seems to only one proclinate orbital and the black abdominal vitta is acute, so I'd say this is a case of T. nupta.

For what it is worth


Theo

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Thanks Theo, but: Objection, Your honour!

I add a photo of tergite 5 without sun reflections - the vitta ends broad (like on the other tergites).
And as shown in #6: the claws are longer than tarsomere 5, but shorter as tarsomeres 5 + 5 together.

Regards, Eric

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Tachina is a total mess and several traditional features, like the length of claws you mentioned, I do not use since it does not work for me. Variability is great.
This specimen simply has a much too narrow black vitta for me for magnicornis and also one proclinate orbital, if correct, is a no go for magnicornis.

Theo

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Thanks Theo to clean up the mess! I did not recognize, that 1 proclinate orbital is a no go for magnicornis!