Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ????
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 07-04-2008 20:15
#1
Same question as Lema, but on another fly :)
Durban (Aude, France) March 27 2008
Approx 8 mm
Thanks for your help
Philippe
Posted by lema on 07-04-2008 21:23
#2
Maybe Exorista larvarum?? Just for discussion. Somewhere we must start. ;)
lema
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 07-04-2008 21:50
#3
Cyrtophleba (
ruricola) ?
Posted by ChrisR on 08-04-2008 10:16
#4
Not sure but
Cyrtophleba is a good suggestion with the hairy eyes and strongly angled m-cu. :) It's certainly not
Exorista larvarum though ;)
Posted by Xespok on 08-04-2008 13:25
#5
Voria ruralis?
Posted by Zeegers on 08-04-2008 16:42
#6
Cyrtophleba is correct.
The eyes are hairy, so it can't be Voria.
I'm not gonna guess the species of Cyrtophleba from a picture: those are very similar
Theo
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 08-04-2008 20:47
#7
Theo, there is only two species on Fauna Europaea,
ruricola and
vernalis, and in Tschorsnig key, they are separated on presence or not of discal bristles on T3-T4. Not a reliable character ?
Posted by Zeegers on 10-04-2008 17:42
#8
My memory tells me that I've seen intermediate specimens, that in the ends proved to be ruricola. So when this would be ruricola, it's bound to be solid. However, I would not identify vernalis from picture alone.
Theo
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 10-04-2008 17:44
#9
Ok Theo. ;)
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 11-04-2008 08:59
#10
Thanks a lot for this learned discussion!
Philippe