Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small tachinid for ID

Posted by Rui Andrade on 01-04-2008 22:27
#1

I saw this little tachinid in the same place as Tachydromia. What could it be?

location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 31/03/2008

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Posted by Zeegers on 02-04-2008 18:06
#2

This is a Sarcophagidae.
No Tachinidae, Peleteria excepted, has such bristles on the lower part of the parafacialia.
Moreover, the arista is plumose, which supports Sarcophagidae.

Theo

Posted by Rui Andrade on 04-04-2008 15:40
#3

Thanks for the explanation Theo;)