Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 tachinidae?
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| paqui |
Posted on 23-11-2005 17:20
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
it seems tachinidae to me (?), about 6mm, cylindrical abdomen, hairy. I beg you pardon, I have no camera, so this is a bad scan!
Edited by paqui on 23-11-2005 17:21 |
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| paqui |
Posted on 23-11-2005 17:22
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
muscidae? calliphoridae? I still have problems with these families |
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| paqui |
Posted on 23-11-2005 17:24
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
I think I?m sure this is tachinidae; cylindrical abdomen too, but bigger (a little more than 1cm), hairy too |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 24-11-2005 08:57
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19133 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Hi Nigella. Sorry, but the picts are too small to give a definite opinion. But first impression is that most, if not all, are actually Sarcophagidae or Calliphoridae. A very very crude, but nevertheless quite effective rule of thumb goes like this: Arista bare -> Tachinidae (or Sarcophagidae Miltogramminae) Arista plumuse -> Sarcophagidae / Sarcophaginae, Calliphoridae or Muscidae If all the animals in your pictures have plumose arista, most will not be Tachinids Theo |
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| paqui |
Posted on 24-11-2005 17:50
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
thanks for the effort! I was only considering the big bristles at the end of the abdomen  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 24-11-2005 19:09
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19133 Joined: 21.07.04 |
so, what about the arista ? Bare or plumose ? Since you asked, now I would like to know Theo |
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| Andre |
Posted on 25-11-2005 00:37
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Arista (Theo means allmost) bare can also mean Anthomyiidae. More slender species. But not on these pictures, that's quite clear. |
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| paqui |
Posted on 25-11-2005 16:51
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
I?ve read there is a exception in tachinidae, but I?m not sure if it?s exoristinae or just exorista they have the arista not bare; I still have no lenses, maybe next week I?ll see thanks everybody |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 25-11-2005 21:55
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19133 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The exceptions are Dexiini and some Tachininae, Thelaira being the most prominent example. Dexiinae have, in general, long legs and a distinct longitudinal facial keel. But my advice is: start understanding Sarcophaginae, then you will pick out Dexiini in due time. Theo |
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