Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae?

Posted by alon on 12-05-2007 23:26
#1

Is this Tachinidae sp.? What sp.?
Poland, 5-6 mm

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-05-2007 23:53
#2

rhinophorid fly.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-05-2007 23:54
#3

wings are not so dark as we can see in Melanophora roralis.

Posted by alon on 13-05-2007 00:44
#4

Thanks a lot!
It is indeed Melanophora roralis. In this photo is to much light. I remember this fly wings ware whole black, at an estimate.

Posted by Zeegers on 13-05-2007 08:05
#5

Beware: The colouration of the wing is sexually dimorphic:
Completely black in the male (see above)

or

black with a sparkling white tip in the female


Theo