Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cylindromyia cf. pusilla
Posted by Sundew on 05-07-2008 23:51
#1
Hi,
This small Tachinid was feeding today on a wild carrot inflorescence. It would like to get a name!
Thanks, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 01-08-2008 14:53
Posted by ChrisR on 06-07-2008 11:41
#2
Cylindromyia sp. :) but not sure which one
Posted by Sundew on 01-08-2008 12:25
#3
Any chance for a species name, dear Theo?
Posted by Zeegers on 01-08-2008 13:41
#4
Was it very small ? (6-7 mm.)
Looks like pusilla.
Theo
Posted by Sundew on 01-08-2008 14:52
#5
Yep, compared to the tiny carrot flowers it certainly measured less than a cm.
I have some more pics of rather small Cylindromyias, more recent ones from a different place, maybe it is the same species. (I'll post another thread this evening.) Sometimes they showed white rings on the abdomen, sometimes not - is this just a matter of exposure to light? However, we can discuss that in the next Cylindromyia thread.
Many thanks, Sundew
Posted by Zeegers on 01-08-2008 18:38
#6
NO, the colouration and lack of dusting are typical for this species (that is, if you exclude 14 mm. ones like bicolor etc.).
Theo
Posted by Kahis on 01-08-2008 19:04
#7
It is not
pusilla. Or to be exact, I don't think so :) All pusilla specimens I've seen have essentially unicolorous wings with no yelllow at the wing base.
Posted by Zeegers on 01-08-2008 21:38
#8
I agree that the colouration of the wings is extreme, however, some females pusilla in my collection are quite similar to this one.
(Maybe my collection is bigger )?
Theo