Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black fly (Tachinidae ?)
Posted by Pietro on 03-05-2011 22:59
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Alghero, Sardinia 01/05/2011 dimensions: around 6 mm.
I have the fly in alcohol
Posted by Pietro on 03-05-2011 23:00
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Posted by Pietro on 03-05-2011 23:01
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Posted by ChrisR on 03-05-2011 23:18
#4
Rhinophoridae I think ... maybe
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 04-05-2011 02:13
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Postscutellum is clearly visible. Calyptera large, not Rhinophorid-like. So this must be a Tachinid.
I think this might be Loewia.
Liekele
Posted by Zeegers on 04-05-2011 09:35
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I agree
Loewia is a very tricky genus with possibly undescribed species from the Mediterrean, so I'd need the specimen to say more.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 04-05-2011 11:11
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Wow ... are
Loewia ever common wherever they occur in their range? I hardly ever see records for them and have never caught on in the field.
Posted by Jaakko on 04-05-2011 16:36
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ChrisR wrote:
Wow ... are Loewia ever common wherever they occur in their range? I hardly ever see records for them and have never caught on in the field.
To my experience the northern species are predominantly found in wooded habitats where people seldomly collect Tachinids. They can be numerous in malaise traps. I´ve found
L. foeda also in gardens and indoors (basement window). I think they are all around where the centipede hosts are, just difficult to observe.
Posted by ChrisR on 04-05-2011 16:44
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Records are
very rare here for all 3 species on our list :( I feel that there must be more to it than needing forest habitat because we have plenty of that and it is fairly well collected.
Posted by Pietro on 04-05-2011 17:15
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Thanks,
it could be a Loewia rondanii (endemic in Sardinia and Corsica), only Loewia signalled in the island.
Theo, con you send me for PM your address in order to send you the specimen?