Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae, Gonia vacua from Romania
Posted by cosmln on 18-04-2007 09:02
#1
Hi,
another fly from Romania.
alike T.fera (?)
maybe a identification at species level can be possible?
cosmln
Edited by cosmln on 13-04-2008 22:36
Posted by ChrisR on 18-04-2007 12:27
#2
Not
Tachina fera -
Gonia sp. - from the very wide frons :) But I'm not sure how many species you have down in Romania so I;m not confident to give a species-level ID.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-04-2007 13:37
#3
Gonia vacua, I think.
Posted by cosmln on 18-04-2007 15:21
#4
maybe this helps you for a definitive ID.
species photographed in a mainly Quercus forest, close to Timisoara (west part of Romania) at aprox 100 m altitude.
photographed in 1.april.2007
cosmln
Edited by cosmln on 18-04-2007 15:28
Posted by Zeegers on 18-04-2007 18:54
#5
I'm with Nikita, Gonia vacua.
Not uncommon on the Balkan.
Narrow black abdominal vitta and springtime are characteristic.
Theo
Posted by cosmln on 18-04-2007 19:35
#6
Chris, Nikita and Theo
and thanks for the help.
cosmln