Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nowickia, not Tachina magnicornis
Posted by Sundew on 23-07-2008 22:30
#1
Hi,
Today I saw a quite colourful
Tachina that, according to black legs and dark mark broadening towards the abdominal tip should be
T. magnicornis. However, it has a black scutellum and very bristly legs. Is this within the limits of variation, or does it point to a subspecies or even a related species (I don't know any, however)?
Thanks for information, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 24-07-2008 10:03
Posted by cosmln on 23-07-2008 22:36
#2
just a guess maybe
Novickia?
just a guess don't throw with rocks ;)
cosmln
Posted by ChrisR on 23-07-2008 22:48
#3
Nowickia is correct :) Black legs & antennae are the clue and the whole colour-scheme is more 'contrasty' than
Tachina spp. (brighter orange and darker blacks)
Posted by cosmln on 23-07-2008 23:17
#4
Chris Raper wrote:
Nowickia is correct :) Black legs & antennae are the clue and the whole colour-scheme is more 'contrasty' than Tachina spp. (brighter orange and darker blacks)
hihi
i'm so good... just missed a letter ;)
cosmln
Posted by Sundew on 24-07-2008 10:01
#5
You are both great - and a little bit I'm too, for I somehow doubted my own
Tachina ID (without knowing that there is this superficially quite similar genus). Many thanks, Sundew