Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina magnicornis?
Posted by Rupert Huber on 01-08-2026 10:58
#1
Hi everyone!
Front and middle tarsi look rather black (except the pulvilli), so is it
Tachina magnicornis?
Approx. 12 mm long.
31. July 2026, Austria, Zell am See District, above Dießbach-Stausee water reservoir, about 1500 m a.s.l., coordinates approx. 47.50787, 12.84847
Posted by Rupert Huber on 01-08-2026 10:58
#2
2nd pic
Posted by Rupert Huber on 01-08-2026 10:58
#3
3rd pic
Posted by Rupert Huber on 01-08-2026 10:59
#4
4th pic
Posted by Rupert Huber on 01-08-2026 10:59
#5
5th pic
Posted by eklans on 01-08-2026 12:10
#6
Hello Rupert, it's a female...
But the fore tarsi are black, the abdominal median stripe ends broadened on the 5th tergite - that supports T. magnicornis. Is the 4th tarsomere of the fore tarsus distinctly broader than long? Hard to see.
Posted by Rupert Huber on 02-08-2026 06:42
#7
Thanks Eric!
On pics 2 and 4 it looks like it might be broader, but not very distinctly. But the perspective is not a perfect one, of course. I checked the rest of my pictures, too, but there is no better among them.