Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae?
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| pierred |
Posted on 05-07-2006 18:36
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Hello, I'm trying to do some progress and I think this is a Tachinid. But What should I look at? Thanks in advance for any clue. pierred attached the following image:  [115.79Kb] Pierre Duhem |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-07-2006 18:39
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Eriothrix rufomaculata  |
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| pierred |
Posted on 05-07-2006 18:40
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Chris, Thanks for the answer. Super fast!! Thanks again. Pierre Duhem |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-07-2006 18:56
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
.. and maybe super-wrong too ... when did you see this fly? Could actually be Mintho rufiventris. |
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| pierred |
Posted on 06-07-2006 05:54
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, Yesterday in Paris. Pierre Duhem |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-07-2006 09:59
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
OK, yes - Mintho rufiventris then |
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| pierred |
Posted on 06-07-2006 20:01
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Chris, Thanks anyway. But could you comment a little? Pierre Duhem |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-07-2006 20:47
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Hi Pierre, the two choices were Eriothrix rufomaculata, which has just started flying here... and Mintho rufivetris, which has been around for a month already. Both species are black with red patches on the abdomen, some grey dusting, some wing shading and a large costal spine. Mintho is distinctive when seen in real-life because the abdomen is laterally compressed - it is taller than it is wide - but that isn't always obvious from photos. Eriothrix has a strongly protruding mouth edge but, again it depends on the angle of the photo However, Mintho has quite a characteristic pattern of stripes on the thorax caused by the dusting (2 black lines, 3 grey) - different from Eriothrix (5 grey lines, 2 wide black & 2 narrow black). So, with the pattern of lines on the thorax; the not very protruding mouth edge; and the shape, colour, dusting and bristles on the abdomen... I'd say "Mintho rufiventris"  But, after all that someone will probably say I am wrong!!  |
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| pierred |
Posted on 07-07-2006 05:58
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Chris, Thanks. Pierre Duhem |
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