Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae - Microtropesa sp. from western Australia
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 01-03-2010 22:34
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
This amazing tachinid was photographed by my friend Jean Hort. May Theo/Chris can confirm this one? 
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-03-2010 23:16 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-03-2010 10:18
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Clearly Goniini but I couldn't say more 
Edited by ChrisR on 02-03-2010 10:18 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 02-03-2010 21:49
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If it would be Goniini (Exoristinae), then it could not be Microtropesa as several authors place Microtropesa in Tachinini (Tachininae). But it certainly looks like Microtropesa as I have found several similar pictures it on the internet, some claimed to be identified by Cantrell, an Australian specialist on Tachinidae. So my guess would be Microtropesa. But there are more than fifteen species. Last revision not in my possession: Revision of the Australian genus Microtropesa Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachinini) by Burwell, Christopher J., Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 1996 20 July; 39(2):211-226. Liekele |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-03-2010 22:16
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Liekele Sijstermans wrote: If it would be Goniini (Exoristinae), then it could not be Microtropesa as several authors place Microtropesa in Tachinini (Tachininae). With such a Gonia-type appearance it makes me wonder what criteria they have used to place it in a completely different subfamily ... very odd 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-03-2010 10:22
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19293 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree with Liekele. Have a close look and note that the ocellar bristles are proclinate. In sideview, the similarity with Goniini vanishes rapidly: http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies/GetMultimedia.aspx%3FID%3D4200%26w%3D940&imgrefurl=http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies/image_details.aspx%3FOrderID%3D26547%26BiotaID%3D46393%26ImageID%3D4200%26PageID%3Dfamilies&usg=__gUvJF22hmBHk2SszYdUo4Lz4sSA=&h=613&w=940&sz=66&hl=nl&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=CCShEN5jxz2xaM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=148&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMicrotropesa%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dnl%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1 Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-03-2010 12:52
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Ahh, from the side I agree - very Tachina-like
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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