Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Something moving at last!
Posted by lynkos on 04-02-2006 17:28
#1
Finally something is moving in the Italian undergrowth. Would this be a Tachinidae or a Muscidae?
Rome, Italy, 5/6 mm.
Thanks, Sarah
Posted by Zeegers on 04-02-2006 21:43
#2
Hi Sarah
I know, it is difficult,
but this one is just far to slender of a Tachinid.
Moreover, the arista is plumose with excludes 90 % of the Tachinids
(and those with plumose arista are all(?) broadly built)
So,
it is indeed in Muscidae or Anthomyiidae.
Theo
Posted by Zeegers on 04-02-2006 21:43
#3
Hi Sarah
I know, it is difficult,
but this one is just far to slender of a Tachinid.
Moreover, the arista is plumose with excludes 90 % of the Tachinids
(and those with plumose arista are all(?) broadly built)
So,
it is indeed in Muscidae or Anthomyiidae.
Theo
Posted by lynkos on 04-02-2006 22:03
#4
Grrrr one day I'll get it right! Thanks Theo, Sarah