Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sarcophaga 2
Posted by hedy2411 on 27-12-2010 23:48
#1
Can you say the name of this Sarcophaga...?
Pictures are made 31-7-2008 in Zeist, Holland
Edited by hedy2411 on 27-12-2010 23:48
Posted by rvanderweele on 27-12-2010 23:49
#2
I would say it is quite impossible, yet....who am I?
Posted by hedy2411 on 27-12-2010 23:49
#3
...and front position..
Posted by rvanderweele on 27-12-2010 23:51
#4
It is a lot of genital work....
Posted by ChrisR on 27-12-2010 23:54
#5
Looks female to me so no work can be done, I think :)
Posted by hedy2411 on 28-12-2010 00:07
#6
Hello Ruud and Chris,
I'm happy with this forum as I always thought that Tachinidae and Sarcophagidae cannot be determined.
I found that some are more possible, which in nice!, and maybe from some photo's you can recognize the type, as sometimes I see a difference but probably it is not determinable.. :| Thanks for your reaction though..!!
Regards,
Hedy
Edited by hedy2411 on 28-12-2010 00:08
Posted by ChrisR on 28-12-2010 01:58
#7
Quite a lot of tachinids can be identified from photos by people who have seen lots of them (often though it will be "looks like..." not "it is definitely..." ) but it is impossible to give a 100% determination from a photo because keying features are not all visible ;)
Sarcophagids are often more difficult because so many of them are only identifiable reliably using male genitalia, so females can't even be identified even when you have a specimen :)
Edited by ChrisR on 28-12-2010 01:58