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Tachinidae, Huila, Colombia
dguzman58	#1 Posted on 26-08-2014 00:16
Member Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 130 Joined: 06.07.11	The only shot I have. It was resting in this position. The flash scared it and it flew away. dguzman58 attached the following image: [86.53Kb] Edited by dguzman58 on 26-08-2014 16:35


John Carr	#2 Posted on 26-08-2014 03:16
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10168 Joined: 22.10.10	Tachinidae, Phasiinae. Probably Trichopoda. There is another genus in the tropics with smaller scales on the hind tibia. Edited by John Carr on 26-08-2014 03:17


dguzman58	#3 Posted on 26-08-2014 05:15
Member Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 130 Joined: 06.07.11	wow. I expected more bristles and hairs.. thanks for the ID. I also found that this genus could be found right here in my back yard in North Carolina. I will keep an eye open ... Edited by dguzman58 on 26-08-2014 05:26


John Carr	#4 Posted on 26-08-2014 14:04
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10168 Joined: 22.10.10	dguzman58 wrote: wow. I expected more bristles and hairs.. thanks for the ID. I also found that this genus could be found right here in my back yard in North Carolina. I will keep an eye open ... You could have the same species in your yard. The common species is Trichopoda pennipes which is found in North America, South America, and Europe. This might be pennipes. I don't know how to distinguish species. Phasiinae tend to be bare.


Zeegers	#5 Posted on 26-08-2014 17:04
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18782 Joined: 21.07.04	Actually, there are many species. A review for the Neotrpics is being written while we speak! Theo


ChrisR	#6 Posted on 26-08-2014 19:56
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Yes, Rodrigo Dios should be putting the finishing touches to his revision very soon There are many genera that look similar though and the Trichopodini are very diverse i nthe neotropics Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.