Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Feather-faced tachinid
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2007 00:34
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
My own common-name for one of my favourite tachinids. Picked out of a malaise sample from French Guyana, 1999/2000. Note the way that the whole of antenna 3 (not the arista) is feather-shaped (plumose). It's an amazing feature, for an otherwise 'normal' tachinid 
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2007 00:34
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
another angle...
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 30-05-2007 00:54
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
i suppose that you photoshoped these photos.   eheh |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2007 01:22
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Not much - the only work in PhotoShop was to sharpen them a little and to balance the levels a bit, to compensate for the harshness of the microscope lighting. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 30-05-2007 21:17
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19208 Joined: 21.07.04 |
And it still has a normal arista. Amen Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2007 21:36
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Exactly! The only abnormal thing is antenna 3 - the rest of the fly could be any European tachinid, like an Exorista etc. Interestingly, this antennal feature seems to be present in other, quite dissimilar tachinids from the same area. I have a tiny (3-4mm), tachinid with the same antennae but shiny black body with golden dusting (see below). Very intriguing!
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2007 22:15
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
and the face ...
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 31-05-2007 12:47
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Sorry Chris, but I think these are actually a bit creepy  - and I'm generally not put off by much! It's the hollowed out faces as much as the extraordinary antennae. And I'm a bit worried about that beetle fly you posted as well. Are you feeling OK over there in Berkshire?
Susan |
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