Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Metopia

Posted by MorganA on 27-03-2022 13:58
#1

I believe this is a Metopia..

30th June 2021
South Norway

Posted by MorganA on 27-03-2022 13:58
#2

Face

Posted by MorganA on 27-03-2022 13:59
#3

Tergits

Posted by MorganA on 27-03-2022 13:59
#4

Thorax

Posted by Zeegers on 28-03-2022 11:17
#5

Looks more like a Tachinidae to me, possibly Blepharomyia ??

Theo

Posted by MorganA on 28-03-2022 12:07
#6

Thank you Theo! I definitley have to take another look then, Ill check in the evening today :)

Posted by MorganA on 31-03-2022 08:39
#7

So I took another look at this, and I am not sure. I feel like it does not have much of a postscutellum like other tachinids I have seen.
Anyways tried to key it with the Tachinidae key of central Europe, without much luck too.

Posted by MorganA on 31-03-2022 08:40
#8

Another picture of scutellum

Posted by John Carr on 31-03-2022 14:09
#9

I can't see the head clearly. In Metopia the anterior reclinate orbital is between the two proclinate orbitals (instead of behind both). Check for that.

Posted by MorganA on 31-03-2022 14:29
#10

Thank you, John! If I got the bristles correct, that seems to be the case