Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae fly
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 21:54
#1
Hi
Taken on 15th September 2006 in Silgueiros - VISEU.
Tachinidae fly by sure. Tachina sp. ?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 21:55
#2
Spectacular view! :)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-09-2006 22:01
#3
Hi, I don't think it is Tachinidae.
I think Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae.
Nikita
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2006 22:05
#4
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Hi, I don't think it is Tachinidae.
I think Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae.
Nikita
ohhh...... a trick! :| the ever same question :) How can it be so similar to tachinidae?... I thought that the many bristles on abdomen, and torax and I think similar shape to Tachinidae... this could be a tachinid. How can I do distinguish between these??
Thank you, Nikita!
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-09-2006 22:17
#5
Formaly they distinguish by the shape of scutellum, it isn't visible on image. So, I replied by general impression and I'm not sure ("I think- I don't think).
Nikita
This year, in June, when I met in Turkey my first (and so far last) Miltogramminae, I thought it is Tachinidae too...
Posted by Zeegers on 17-09-2006 20:31
#6
Well, it IS a Tachinid, though a rather aberrant one, agreed:
Microphthalma europaea.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 17-09-2006 22:57
#7
Zeegers wrote:
Well, it IS a Tachinid, though a rather aberrant one, agreed:
Microphthalma europaea.
Theo Zeegers
I wish I could find more info about this fly. I google for it, but there are just checklists... no so much info about this one. I found a german site that talks a little about this fly. Could you provide some ecology info about this fly in particular? It seems that this fly is a rare sight (it doesn?t mean that is uncommon). Thank you a lot for you all!