Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platymya fimbriata?
Posted by ChrisR on 20-12-2009 02:08
#1
This one keyed badly in T&H but having taken it through again tonight I think it might be
Platymya fimbriata - the calyptrae have blackened inner margins. :) French Pyrennes - 3.vii.2002
Posted by ChrisR on 20-12-2009 02:09
#2
another view...
Posted by ChrisR on 20-12-2009 02:09
#3
another view...
Posted by Zeegers on 20-12-2009 14:54
#4
Yes
Black inner brim of calyptra is distinctive.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 20-12-2009 15:04
#5
Thanks :) Are there any other European tachinids with this feature? (other that in
Cylindromyia)
Posted by neprisikiski on 20-12-2009 17:13
#6
In Eumea inner edges of the calypterae as well could be darkened, ratio of costal sections is probably a better character..
Posted by Jaakko on 20-12-2009 21:32
#7
This is an irritatingly abundant fly here and lacks any general features to identify on field...
Edited by Jaakko on 20-12-2009 21:33
Posted by Zeegers on 20-12-2009 21:38
#8
Erikas is right on the costal sections.
I often first rule in/out Eumea, which is easy due to 5 vittae on thorax and 2 x 2 discal setae on each tergite.
And then... comes the remark on the black edged calyptra.
Theo