Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tachinid + empidid

Posted by Sundew on 12-01-2008 20:32
#1
Hi,
Here's another couple of Compositae lovers. The tachinid is rather small and has brown legs; the hybotid is still smaller and therefore only poorly depicted - sorry! It resembles the gallery pic of Oxydromia melanopleura, could it belong to this genus? And what do the tachinid experts say?
(Locality: Island of Usedom, August.)
Thanks, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 12-01-2008 23:32

Posted by Xespok on 12-01-2008 20:50
#2
The Tachinid is Siphona sp. Probably unidentifiable from photos (and specimens).

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-01-2008 23:18
#3
The hybotid is actually an empid: Rhamphomyia nigripennis group male.

Posted by Sundew on 12-01-2008 23:31
#4
Indeed - I overlooked the proboscis... Any other comments concerning Siphona?
Sundew

Posted by Zeegers on 13-01-2008 11:49
#5
Yes

Gabor gave an expert judgement. Dead end street.


Theo

Posted by Sundew on 13-01-2008 12:06
#6
Accepted - many thanks to all.
Sundew