Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another long tachinidae SE Spain
Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 01-08-2008 11:04
#1
Here you have another one that likes Helichrysum flowers. Shot in semiarid scrubland at 300 masl. Spring. Aguilas, SE Spain.
Any idea?
Posted by ChrisR on 01-08-2008 11:21
#2
Looks the same as the other 2 ... the petiole is very long and (as Theo pointed out) the vittae on the thorax are a bit different from
Mintho rufiventris so Theo's suggestion stands. Would be nice to run a specimen through the keys, just to see how it differs :)
Posted by Zeegers on 01-08-2008 12:40
#3
If it is not Stevenia (Rhinophoridae), calyptrae seem large, than Zeuxia (Dexiini) comes in mind. The bend in vein M seems to be a bit angular for Hyperea.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 01-08-2008 15:24
#4
I thought I could see faint red side patches at the base of the abdomen - but maybe I was confused? Strange abdomen shape.
Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 01-08-2008 15:30
#5
Yes, the first two segments of the abdomen have faint red side patches.
Posted by Zeegers on 01-08-2008 17:40
#6
red spots does not contradict Zeuxia.
Theo
Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 01-08-2008 17:52
#7
So Theo, do you think that it is Zeuxia? Also the other two that have the abdomen redder and the wings darker?
Posted by Zeegers on 01-08-2008 20:51
#8
As long as I can't see the arista, I can't tell you.
I don't think these specimens belong to the same species, as mentionel the bend in vein M seems different. Hyperea has a gentle curved vein M. Here is a clear angle with a rather long appendix.
Theo
Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 05-08-2008 21:38
#9
Hi Theo,
I think I can not help much with the arista. I can only blow up the images I have. I will send you two where you can see a shadow of the arista. I do not know if that will be enough.
Thanks,
Guillermo
Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 05-08-2008 21:40
#10
Another view