Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Ectophasia leucoptera

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 22:54
#1

Hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.04.22
* size - 7-8 mm (medium-large fly)
* habitat - woodland, near river
* substrate - Heracleum sp.


Phasia sp.


EDIT ---> Title changed from "Phasia sp." to "Ectophasia leucoptera"

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2007 12:45

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 22:54
#2

head profile - 2:1

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 22:57

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 22:55
#3

dorsal view

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 22:57

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 22:56
#4

dorsal view - II

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 22:57
#5

posterior view.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 22:58

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 22-04-2007 22:59
#6

nice paintings Jorge! :)

ehh, I mean pictures ;)


Posted by ChrisR on 22-04-2007 23:05
#7

Nice try - Ectophasia sp. ;) Well, I say that based on the fact that vein-M is not petiolate and the wing pattern is diffuse but I don't recognise this species.

Edited by ChrisR on 22-04-2007 23:08

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 23:06
#8

can I ask why? :)

It could be crassipennis? or is this another one?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 23:07
#9

Robert Heemskerk wrote:
nice paintings Jorge! :)

ehh, I mean pictures ;)



ouch... don?t tell anyone! shiuu.

Posted by ChrisR on 22-04-2007 23:09
#10

I only have crassipennis and oblonga in the Central European key and crassipennis is the most likely ... but I am not sure if you have more species down there :)

Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 23-04-2007 12:34
#11

This is definitly not Ectophasia oblonga. A third species of Ectophasia exists: Ectophasia leucoptera. And this is it, most likely, because of the colour of the wings.

Liekele

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2007 12:43
#12

thanks. let?s go wait for Theo confirmation..

Posted by Zeegers on 23-04-2007 18:12
#13

Without a doubt a male of leucoptera.
(black vitta on abdomen strongly broadened, milky colour of wings...)
Jorge, how do you get 2:1 maginification ?
100mm macro and intermediate rings ?
Nice work.


Theo

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2007 18:32
#14

Zeegers wrote:
Without a doubt a male of leucoptera.
(black vitta on abdomen strongly broadened, milky colour of wings...)
Jorge, how do you get 2:1 maginification ?
100mm macro and intermediate rings ?
Nice work.


Theo



no. I use kenko extension tubes and Sigma 105 mm EX. I can get 4:1 with 50 mm inverted lens but it turns very hard to take photos. Very small depth of field and we almost see nothing. :S So we must illuminate the object. :)

Posted by Zeegers on 24-04-2007 19:36
#15

extension tubes, that''s the word I was looking for.

Thanks


Theo