Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another nightly Tachinid (?) --> Estheria sp.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-07-2008 22:32
#1
Hello!
This one was about 10 mm long. July-03, at light in garden, northwest Germany.
Larger picture (1280x960, 117 KB):
http://www.foto-u...mm_big.jpg
Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-07-2008 01:16
Posted by ChrisR on 07-07-2008 23:09
#2
Looks like an
Estheria spp. but do you have any more angles? :)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-07-2008 23:13
#3
Hello, Chris!
Chris Raper wrote:
Looks like an Estheria spp. but do you have any more angles? :)
Thanks - and no :(, this is the only photo I have. Then the fly was gone...
Posted by ChrisR on 08-07-2008 00:09
#4
OK, I am fairly sure it is an
Estheria - I just wouldn't put my money on it ;) The key features as I see them are: petiole on vein-m, the deep gena, antenna shape (possible hairy arista), dexiine body shape etc etc :)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-07-2008 01:16
#5
Chris Raper wrote:
OK, I am fairly sure it is an Estheria - I just wouldn't put my money on it ;) The key features as I see them are: petiole on vein-m, the deep gena, antenna shape (possible hairy arista), dexiine body shape etc etc :)
Many thanks, Chris! I will save it as
Estheria sp..