Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Big Tachinid (?)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-09-2006 00:05
#1
Hello!
I photographed this rather large Tachinid (a little bit smaller than
Tachina fera, about 15 mm) today here in Ostwestfalen/Germany. Can it be identified from the pics? Thanks!
P.S: A member of my forum posted a rather similar fly (pic taken in Austria/Neusiedler See on May-10-05). Because she does not speak English very well, I ask here for her: could it be the same species (spring generation?)?
http://foto.arcor...346633.jpg ((c) Helga Becker).
Posted by ChrisR on 23-09-2006 00:15
#2
Eurithia sp. I think... but I won't go as far as guessing the species :)
PS: the other photo is of an unrelated tachinid :)
Edited by ChrisR on 23-09-2006 00:16
Posted by Zeegers on 23-09-2006 09:31
#3
It certainly looks like Eurithia.
However, the long appendix to the bend in vein M and the relatively long third antennal segment (compared to the second) indicate Linnaemyia.
Given the locality and the pictures, it should be Linnaemyia tessellans, quite common in autumn on umbelliferae (as nicely illustrated by these pictures !)
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-09-2006 21:43
#4
Hello, Theo!
Zeegers wrote:
Given the locality and the pictures, it should be Linnaemyia tessellans, quite common in autumn on umbelliferae (as nicely illustrated by these pictures !)
Thanks a lot! (I think the other Tachinid from the small image on the link isn't identifiable?)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-09-2006 22:31
#5
A member of my forum posted a rather similar fly (pic taken in Austria/Neusiedler See on May-10-05). Because she does not speak English very well, I ask here for her: could it be the same species (spring generation?)?
I'm almost sure that it isn't the same Tachinidae.
I think that Helga's is Exorista.
Nikita
Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-09-2006 01:10
#6
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
I think that Helga's is Exorista.
Thank you very much, Nikita!
Posted by Zeegers on 24-09-2006 10:03
#7
Sorry, missed the link.
Difficult to tell, I would need a larger picture.
However, I agree with Nikita that Exoristini is most promising idea.
My guess would be something like Phorocera or Parasetigena.
But we can't be sure at the moment (can't even tell whether eyes are bare or haired). If you want a better ID, please send original picture.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-09-2006 00:15
#8
Hello, Theo!
Zeegers wrote:
My guess would be something like Phorocera or Parasetigena.
But we can't be sure at the moment (can't even tell whether eyes are bare or haired). If you want a better ID, please send original picture.
Thanks a lot (also from Helga)! But I doubt that she has a larger picture. This is taken from a video film.