Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Fausta nemorum
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-05-2012 01:27
#1
Hi
This fly was spotted in Serra do Caramulo in 2011.V.09. This is a Fausta nemorum. ID by Tschorsnig.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-05-2012 01:30
#2
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Posted by ChrisR on 20-05-2012 08:28
#3
Odd, can you see a strong pteropleural bristle on this specimen? I think
Fausta should have it. Is it a male and can you extract the genitalia? :)
Edited by ChrisR on 20-05-2012 08:28
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-05-2012 10:47
#4
are you referring to sternopleuron(=katepisternum)? It has one strong bristle in there.
For genitalia, now it is impossible as the specimen is too bristly to extract it.
Posted by ChrisR on 20-05-2012 16:53
#5
No, the pteropleuron is the area above the katepisternum and under the place where the wings attach. There is usually a patch of long hairs and sometimes long bristles. In my keys
Fausta should have a strong pteroplueral bristle that points out and backwards :)
Pity about the genitalia ... it's very helpful to extract them in all tachinids ;)
Edited by ChrisR on 20-05-2012 16:54
Posted by Zeegers on 22-05-2012 18:25
#6
Haven't seen Fausta in 20 years (other than in my collection) !
Dorsal shot would be helpful, to see important features. (broad vertex, paucity of ACR brisltes)
Theo