Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid, no, make that Sarcophagidae, from French Guiana

Posted by Stephen on 28-01-2012 17:54
#1

Tachinidae, right? Showed up at lights, 31 May 2011, Montagne de Kaw, French Guiana.

Thanks for any ID help!

Edited by Stephen on 28-01-2012 19:44

Posted by Jason G on 28-01-2012 18:09
#2

Does it not have a touch of Sarcophagidae, to you? The post-humeral/pre-sutural bristles seem to have the right relationship.

Edited by Jason G on 28-01-2012 18:12

Posted by ChrisR on 28-01-2012 19:03
#3

Looks like a sarcophagid to me too ... 3 black stripes on the thorax, red eyes and an elongate R5 cell usually hint at Sarcophagidae :)

Posted by Stephen on 28-01-2012 19:42
#4

Thank-you, Chris, Jason. I started out thinking Muscoidea and then that little "coronet" of bristles at the insect's rear began to steer me the other way. I thought that sharp bend of the vein. toward the rear of the wing, looked Tachinid-like too. Thanks for setting me straight! I'll chage the title.

Edited by Stephen on 28-01-2012 19:47

Posted by Jason G on 28-01-2012 20:10
#5

If you were to look at just the abdomen then it has a touch of certain Anthomyiidae too! To me, there was something rather Sarcophagid about the laterally-bulging eyes for a female, and the way the frontalia extends longitudinally to that degree beyond the anterior-margin of the eyes.

That said, to arrive at the Sarcophagidae family for it I observed the more well-known pointers!