Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eurithia, Tachinidae
Posted by cyprinoid on 13-08-2010 18:16
#1
Norway, 12.08.10
Edited by cyprinoid on 01-10-2010 19:56
Posted by cyprinoid on 13-08-2010 18:16
#2
dorsal
Posted by ChrisR on 13-08-2010 18:28
#3
Looks like a
Eurithia sp. to me - protruding mouth edge, densely-hairy eyes, dark basicosta :) How large was it?
Posted by cyprinoid on 13-08-2010 18:36
#4
quick look: maybe just under 10mm
Posted by cyprinoid on 13-08-2010 19:01
#5
quick look: maybe just under 10mm
Posted by ChrisR on 13-08-2010 20:08
#6
Yes, that would fit OK - they are usually about 10mm
Posted by cyprinoid on 14-08-2010 14:01
#7
Thanks!
Posted by cyprinoid on 01-10-2010 20:03
#8
Today I recovered this fly behind a dresser (don't ask :D )
Having looked at it under my microscope and following Belshaw's key I end up on Eurithia vivida.
Anyway, does anyone see any obvious reasons why this could not be? :D
Edited by cyprinoid on 01-10-2010 21:52
Posted by ChrisR on 01-10-2010 20:11
#9
I don't see
vivida very often (it is one of the more unusual ones) but it is certainly a
Eurithia :)
Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2010 20:46
#10
vivida should have yellow palpi, for starters. This feature is invisible in the current pictures.
Vivida is not uncommon in more northern areas and higher in the mountains.
Theo
Posted by cyprinoid on 01-10-2010 21:52
#11
Well, the apical parts of the palpi are lost so I will never know, I have more pics but none that really show them as yellow, more brown which guides me in a different direction. The basal parts are black.
I am now leaning thowards E. caesia even though my fly only has 3 post sutural bristles, lights on my microscope died so the fun is over for tonight.
For the reecord it has grey markings on t5, wrt E. anthophila.
Thank you Theo and Chirs for taking the time :)
Edited by cyprinoid on 01-10-2010 21:55
Posted by Zeegers on 02-10-2010 12:18
#12
Genitalia, female included, are very distinctive in Eurithia.
So with a specimen, I'd probably be able to help you out.
Theo
Posted by cyprinoid on 02-10-2010 15:43
#13
Great! I will send it to you then :)