Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae > Eriothrix rufomaculata by S. Walter and Ch. Raper
Posted by Isidro on 25-08-2008 12:51
#1
Yesterday. Alpine lake in Panticosa, Huesca, NE Spain at 2400 meters. Near water. Size as a Musca domestica.
Can be identified?
Thanks.
Jorge, I caught it for you, but it lost three legs.
Edited by Isidro on 25-08-2008 15:03
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2008 13:10
#2
seems to be a Cylindromyia sp. Theo and Chris will confirm/tell more. :)
Posted by Susan R Walter on 25-08-2008 13:16
#3
Are you sure it isn't just
Eriothrix rufomaculata? The abdomen doesn't look long and thin enough for Cylindromyia.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2008 13:24
#4
I might be wrong, but... the thorax seems to be very slender to be an Eriothrix, although the abdomen certainly looks one.. I think there are Cylindromyia with short abdomen, like Cylindromya interrupta. Also the M vein seems not be straight in the bend (as we can see in Eriothrix). I'm open to other possibilities... :) better wait for the real experts: Theo and CHris or Jaakko. :)
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2008 13:34
Posted by ChrisR on 25-08-2008 14:12
#5
Looks like
Eriothrix rufomaculata to me :) The abdomen in
Cylindromyia is long, cylindrical and thinner than this specimen - and this one has more/stronger bristles than a
Cylindromyia might have :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2008 14:17
#6
ok. Susan seems to be right, so.
Posted by Isidro on 25-08-2008 15:02
#7
Thanks a lot. Eriothrix rufomaculata, then. It could be as the honey bees (very common in the zone): from sea level to the highest mountain....
Posted by Zeegers on 25-08-2008 20:43
#8
Let's keep it to Eriothrix spec.
I can't see the topcel and there are at least 4 more Eriothrix to be expected around Huesca.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 25-08-2008 21:19
#9
Ouch ... southern Europe ... dontcha love it?! ;) I remember thinking that there might be other species in that region, hence my "Looks like..." ;)
Edited by ChrisR on 25-08-2008 21:24