Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachindae - Ocytata pallipes

Posted by Zeegers on 01-01-2011 20:30
#6

I'm not so sure about the sex.

Sure, it has 2 pairs of proclinate orbital setae, but Ocytata is one of the exceptions where both sexes have these bristles.
The abdominal tip looks feminine, but the male genitalia are pretty small in Ocytata.


Theo