Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Epicampocera succincta
Posted by crex on 02-08-2006 05:52
#1
From just north of Stockholm, Sweden yesterday. Would be grateful for ID. TIA!
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Edit: Changed subject (Unknown tachinid)
Edited by crex on 02-08-2006 21:44
Posted by crex on 02-08-2006 05:53
#2
Second view.
Posted by crex on 02-08-2006 05:53
#3
Third view.
Posted by ChrisR on 02-08-2006 10:06
#4
It's a tachinid ... but I can't quite see enough to be able to identify it. I have tried it in the Palaearctic software key and it could be any one of about 10 genera :(
Posted by crex on 02-08-2006 10:52
#5
Chris Raper wrote:
It's a tachinid ... but I can't quite see enough to be able to identify it. I have tried it in the Palaearctic software key and it could be any one of about 10 genera :(
Thanx very much for your efforts with this cute fly. Identifying Tachinids seems to be a real pain in the unmentionable B)
Posted by ChrisR on 02-08-2006 15:12
#6
It's not really that hard - if you can see enough of the fly - but that usually means putting it under a microscope to look at the bristles and hairs. I actually think they are quite simple when you have specimens :D
Posted by Zeegers on 02-08-2006 20:53
#7
This one has a typical jizz (as birdwatchers call it), however not mentioned in the keys:
* slightly bluish colouration
* third antennal segment distinctly convex on outer border
* esp. females with very clubbed palpi
--> Epicampocera succincta
Theo Zeegers
Posted by crex on 02-08-2006 21:43
#8
Amazing knowledge. I appreciate it very much Theo.
Posted by crex on 02-08-2006 22:33
#9
As I gather it this fly is a parasite on
Lepidoptera larvae,
Small Emperor Moth (
Saturnia pavonia) among a few
others ...
Posted by Zeegers on 03-08-2006 18:08
#10
Not amazing knowledge, but just a lot of experience
(I once IDed 25000 Tachinids in 8 months, that helps).
Epicampocera is supposed to be polyphagous, however, the primary host clearly is Pieris.
Theo