Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae (?) bicolored abdomen

Posted by mwa66 on 11-08-2010 18:14
#1

ca 6-7 mm Tachinidae (?). maybe Cylindromyia sp. ???

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-08-2010 18:17
#2

Mintho rufiventris, i think

Posted by ChrisR on 11-08-2010 18:19
#3

Eriothrix rufomaculata :) Distinguished by 4 vittae on the thorax - Mintho would have 2 broad vittae. Also the abdomen isn't laterally compressed so it can't be Mintho :)

Edited by ChrisR on 11-08-2010 18:20

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-08-2010 18:20
#4

ok. you are right. I saw it as a compressed abdomen. But really it is not1

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 11-08-2010 18:21

Posted by mwa66 on 11-08-2010 18:28
#5

jorgemotalmeida wrote:
ok. you are right. I saw it as a compressed abdomen. But really it is not1
Yes abdomen was quite massive in comparison to Mintho from Diptera's gallery