Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae? (09.05.09) --> Gastrolepta anthracina (Tachinidae)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-05-2009 20:18
#1
Hello!

Could this 5 mm fly from our garden (northwest Germany) be Stevenia signata? Or is it a Tachinid?


Larger picture:
http://www.foto-u..._5mm_2.jpg
Edited by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2009 00:57

Posted by Xespok on 11-05-2009 20:35
#2
Feels more like a Tachnida to me. Something like Medina.

Posted by ChrisR on 11-05-2009 21:12
#3
Looks like Gastrolepta anthracina :)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-05-2009 21:16
#4
Hello, Chris!

ChrisR wrote:
Looks like Gastrolepta anthracina :)


So Gabor was right with Tachinidae (and I still wait for my second Rhinophoridae species after R. lepida...). Thanks to you both!