Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae fly??
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-11-2006 15:32
#1
HI
* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 18.11.2006
* size - 5 mm (not sure about size)
* habitat - open land
* substrate - granite...
Not sure, but I think this couls be Tachinidae. Seems very hairy in tip abdomen like tachinids... and have a strong bend in M vein as it doesn?t have very red eyes.. and it has a very slender abdomen...
What do you think about this one?
Thank you!
Posted by Zeegers on 21-11-2006 20:22
#2
The very slender abdomen is a typical jizz of Sarcophagidae Sarcophaginae. Few greyish Tachinidae are that slim (though they do exist: Phorocera).
So, good arguments for the other conclusion: Sarcophaginae.
Remember: trafficlight-red eyes = Sarcophagidae !!
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-11-2006 20:59
#3
Zeegers wrote:
The very slender abdomen is a typical jizz of Sarcophagidae Sarcophaginae. Few greyish Tachinidae are that slim (though they do exist: Phorocera).
So, good arguments for the other conclusion: Sarcophaginae.
Remember: trafficlight-red eyes = Sarcophagidae !!
Theo
:( this doesn?t seems to me a trafficlight-red... :) it is more strong. but other features seems to leave to your id..
Posted by Zeegers on 21-11-2006 21:31
#4
OK, but it is more vividly red than in most, if not all, Tachinidae.
Have a look at the Tachinidae pictures and you will see what I mean.
It subtle, but very usual, especially in the field.
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-11-2006 01:22
#5
Zeegers wrote:
OK, but it is more vividly red than in most, if not all, Tachinidae.
Have a look at the Tachinidae pictures and you will see what I mean.
It subtle, but very usual, especially in the field.
Theo
is it possible to provide genus for this one?
I suppose that you must take in this order the photos: dorsal view, frontal view, lateral view, right?
Thanks again!
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 22-11-2006 01:22
Posted by Zeegers on 22-11-2006 20:47
#6
Not by me.
Wait for Jan Velterop.
Theo