Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gnadochaeta ID help --> (G nigrifrons?)

Posted by Mabuva2021 on 16-09-2023 22:55
#1

Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Date: 9/16/2023

Hello! I found this tachinid pollinating a Eupatorium serotinum plant. I found an old key and I think this may be Gnadochaeta nigrifrons. Is it possible to confirm from these images?

Link to key: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2561906#page/129/mode/1up

Edited by Mabuva2021 on 17-09-2023 03:53

Posted by Mabuva2021 on 16-09-2023 22:56
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Photo 2/2

Posted by John Carr on 17-09-2023 01:40
#3

It might be Gnadochaeta nigrifrons.

I have less confidence in Townsend's key than he had.

Posted by Mabuva2021 on 17-09-2023 03:53
#4

Thank you John!