Thread subject: Diptera.info :: This time Tachinidae?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-05-2006 13:30
#1
On Umbrelaceae, Turkey, Side, sand dunas sea level, 4-5mm, 28 may.
I hope darkened wings helps.
Posted by Zeegers on 28-05-2006 21:04
#2
Alas!
If the arista is really plumose, as it looks (but out of focus),
this must be Nyctia halterata
in... Sarcophagidae !
But rest assured that several Tachinidae (Wagneriini) and Rhinophoridae (Stevenia) can be very similar indeed.
All of them have bare or at most short-plumose arista
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 29-05-2006 19:46
#3
1. Thank you Theo.
2. Tomorrow night I'll see arista.
Still I have a lot of undoubt Tachinidae for you from this trip.
Nikita
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-06-2006 14:52
#4
Arista plumose, but hairs short (only 2-3 times longer than diametr of arista itself). This hairs developed only in base part of arista. In top part of arista there are only few (2-3) hairs. Subscutellum looks Tachinida type (my test). R1 bare, scutellum with 2 pair of long seta. C with strong spine on Sc level.
Posted by Zeegers on 07-06-2006 17:34
#5
The arista you describe agrees very well with Nyctia, and does not agree with any black Tachinid I know of.
So my guess remains the same, but with slightly more conviction:
Nyctia halterata.
Theo
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-06-2006 19:21
#6
Thank you Theo.