Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae?
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| thomas@HK |
Posted on 16-10-2007 14:15
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 11 Joined: 28.04.05 |
Would anyone help me to idenitify this fly?is it an Anthomyiddae spp.? it was caught on 16 Oct 2007 morning at rural area in Hong Kong. larva was hatched immediately after the eggs laid by the fly. it is about 20mm long. thx!
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 16-10-2007 14:34
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
No, should be a tachinid.
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| crex |
Posted on 16-10-2007 15:55
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Interesting to see some HK flies, thanks!  Unusual bend in M vein, I think. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 16-10-2007 16:42
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Looks like one of the Dexiini, let us here also the more experienced people. Attract them by renaming your title to Tachinidae.
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| thomas@HK |
Posted on 18-10-2007 17:19
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 11 Joined: 28.04.05 |
Thx all!! how can we identify Tachinid spp. easily ? any obvious outlook feature? it that unusual M vein? i just know that its post-scutellum is prominently convexly developed and can only be examined under microscope!! any suggestion? Xespok, any more information to show that it looks like Dexiini? hope to know more about that!! thx!! |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-10-2007 18:40
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Tachinids are calyptrate flies with a bend in vein m (but not always) and with large, strong abdomenal bristles (but not always) and with a subscutellum (99%) which can't usually be seen in photos.  The dexiines tend to be longer-legged than other subfamilies but again this isn't a rule - just a rule of thumb.  Often tachinids lay eggs that immediately hatch - the emerged larvae then go looking for a host or lay on the food waiting for a host to come by. I'm not sure about the oriental region but tachinids are often hard to identify outside Europe  Theo will know more. |
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| thomas@HK |
Posted on 18-10-2007 19:00
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 11 Joined: 28.04.05 |
OH!! THX!! Raper! |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-10-2007 10:12
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19009 Joined: 21.07.04 |
IN Europe, this would be Dexia vacua. There are many Oriental species of Dexia. SO I guess it's one of those. Theo |
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