Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinid, no, make that Sarcophagidae, from French Guiana
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| Stephen |
Posted on 28-01-2012 16:54
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Tachinidae, right? Showed up at lights, 31 May 2011, Montagne de Kaw, French Guiana. Thanks for any ID help! Stephen attached the following image:  [120.45Kb] Edited by Stephen on 28-01-2012 18:44 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Jason G |
Posted on 28-01-2012 17:09
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Does it not have a touch of Sarcophagidae, to you? The post-humeral/pre-sutural bristles seem to have the right relationship.
Edited by Jason G on 28-01-2012 17:12 London's Insects http://londoninve...hostia.com |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-01-2012 18:03
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Looks like a sarcophagid to me too ... 3 black stripes on the thorax, red eyes and an elongate R5 cell usually hint at Sarcophagidae 
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| Stephen |
Posted on 28-01-2012 18:42
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Thank-you, Chris, Jason. I started out thinking Muscoidea and then that little "coronet" of bristles at the insect's rear began to steer me the other way. I thought that sharp bend of the vein. toward the rear of the wing, looked Tachinid-like too. Thanks for setting me straight! I'll chage the title.
Edited by Stephen on 28-01-2012 18:47 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Jason G |
Posted on 28-01-2012 19:10
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If you were to look at just the abdomen then it has a touch of certain Anthomyiidae too! To me, there was something rather Sarcophagid about the laterally-bulging eyes for a female, and the way the frontalia extends longitudinally to that degree beyond the anterior-margin of the eyes. That said, to arrive at the Sarcophagidae family for it I observed the more well-known pointers! London's Insects http://londoninve...hostia.com |
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