Thread subject: Diptera.info :: perhaps Muscidae from Ecuador
Posted by Rupert Huber on 19-10-2009 20:20
#1
Hello to all!
Again the situation that I can't decide between Muscidae, Anthomyiidae and Fanniidae. About 1cm.
19.8.2009, Ecuador, Prov. Tungurahua, Baņos, about 1800m asl
Posted by uwe on 19-10-2009 20:31
#2
Hi, I guess Tachinidae.
Uwe
Posted by ChrisR on 19-10-2009 20:59
#3
Hmm, I am guessing tachinid too - from the long bristles on the abdomen :)
Posted by Rupert Huber on 22-10-2009 09:18
#4
Thanks both!
Chris, if
you guess it's a Tachinid, it must be one (#3 from Baņos) Or is it really only a guess? There are Muscids with hairy abdomens, too, as well as naked Tachinids (Gymnosoma).
Posted by ChrisR on 22-10-2009 10:31
#5
Well, catch me one next time you are there and I will tell you for sure ... 100% ;) :D
But seriously, I don't know the neotropical fauna but if that landed on a flower infront of me in England then I would think it was a tachinid. The median vein is bent (but also happens in some muscids) but the general shape and those long, straight bristles on the abdomen really shout "Tachinidae" to me. Although some tachinids don't have bristles (the phasiines) and families like Sarcophagidae do have strong bristles, this one doesn't look like any of the alternatives so I am just left with Tachinidae ... but I still might be wrong and without a specimen I don't think we will know for sure :)