Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinida anthomyiina
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-02-2011 04:57
#1
India, Rajastan, 22.II.2011, 5mm size
Posted by ChrisR on 23-02-2011 09:58
#2
Reminds me of a
Trigonospila sp. but only because it looks vaguely anthomyid-ish and it had those bands of dusting ... not really scientific enough for a determination ;) Nice find though :)
Posted by Zeegers on 23-02-2011 17:30
#3
Sometimes non-scientific methods lead to excellent results.
Trigonospila is more common / less rare in the Oriental and Australasian regions.
Theo
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-02-2011 05:16
#4
Theo & Chris, thank you for genus-level ID.
This one, my test, is one of the most handsome Tachinid I ever seen.
Posted by Zeegers on 24-02-2011 09:48
#5
Crosskey (1976) mentioned only three species for the Oriental, all of them present in the key in Mesnil in Lindner. So we can try to get to species level.
Alas, I get a little confused by the black pattern on tergite 4.
A closeup lateral of the head and anterior part of the thorax would help.
Theo