Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Estheria petiolata, Tachinidae
Posted by JariF on 27-07-2009 17:42
#1
Hi,
this large fly (12mm) was on the way to Sarcophagidae box but when it has a large subscutellum it made me wonder .... July 26.2009 Pernaja, Finland.
Jari
Edited by JariF on 28-07-2009 11:35
Posted by JariF on 27-07-2009 17:42
#2
Here is the fly
Posted by ChrisR on 27-07-2009 17:57
#3
Estheria would be my guess :) They are horrible sarcophagid mimics but they have that wonderful "moustache" of hairs around the vibrissae :)
Edited by ChrisR on 27-07-2009 17:58
Posted by JariF on 27-07-2009 19:37
#4
Well then we have only one species,
petiolata and I think it may be a good one :)
Jari
Posted by Zeegers on 27-07-2009 21:57
#5
So, the topcel is shortly stalked ?
Yes, then it is Estheria petiolata
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 28-07-2009 01:46
#6
Very nice - I have never seen one of those :)
Posted by JariF on 28-07-2009 05:05
#7
Thank You. Very strange looking fly.
Jari
Posted by JariF on 28-07-2009 08:38
#8
I must take this one step back :| Topcel stalked ??
Jari
Posted by ChrisR on 28-07-2009 11:14
#9
Yes, that is stalked ... not much, but it does qualify. The worst ones are species which are even shorter than that and it's almost impossible to work out if it is closed or stalked ;) Thankfully the keys usually make allowance for that :)
Posted by JariF on 28-07-2009 11:32
#10
Ok, thank's Chris. I was just a bit uncertain. Because this is so called "good one" I wanted to be sure :)
Jari
Posted by diphascon on 28-07-2009 12:41
#11
ChrisR wrote:
Estheria would be my guess :) They are horrible sarcophagid mimics but they have that wonderful "moustache" of hairs around the vibrissae :)
Oops ... for me
Estheria always was (fossile) Crustacean genus ...
cheers - martin
Posted by Jaakko on 07-08-2009 12:56
#12
Nice find!
Jaakko
Posted by neprisikiski on 07-08-2009 17:15
#13
once collected E. petiolata from indoors in Vilnius :)