Thread subject: Diptera.info :: French Guianan tachinid 1 - Cholomyia sp.?

Posted by ChrisR on 27-02-2011 00:45
#1

Here is a photo from Stéphane Brule in French Guiana. Could anyone confirm whether I have guessed the correct ID? :)

Posted by rvanderweele on 27-02-2011 18:28
#2

OMG, extraordinary long legs! Hybrid Tachinidae/Micropezidae? ;)

Posted by ChrisR on 27-02-2011 18:54
#3

Yes, they are rather spectacular. I am calling it Cholomyia because it seems to match these from the NHM, London:
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Cholomyia-inaequipes-NHM-20100120-144.jpg
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Cholomyia-inaequipes-NHM-20100120-145.jpg

and this one I found in another French Guianan sample:
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/specimen-046-03.jpg