Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae or?
Posted by cthirion on 24-08-2004 14:50
#1
From Plisthenes (Photentomo) from Dalmatie!
Posted by Zeegers on 07-09-2004 18:08
#2
Have you collected this fly ?
It definitely looks like a Tachinid, but I am not familiar with these species. Although the picture is very good, it is not possible to see all the necessary features.
So I can help you out if the specimen is available.
It looks quite interesting !
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 08-09-2004 16:02
#3
Hai everybody,
Could it be a
Phyllomya volvulus?
Greetings
Posted by Zeegers on 09-09-2004 21:18
#4
Hi Gerard,
Sorry, but no, this is not Phyllomyia, because the topcel in the wing has an extraordinary long petiole.
More common to Rhinophoridae than Tachinidae, but still my first guess is that this is a special Tachinid.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Kahis on 11-11-2004 17:01
#5
Zeegers wrote:
More common to Rhinophoridae than Tachinidae, but still my first guess is that this is a special Tachinid. Theo Zeegers
I know this is 'old news'...
I did recently get some flies very much like this for identification. They did belong to the Rhinophorid genus
Stevenia. But I am not very familiar with this small group of flies, so treat this identification with caution.
Posted by ChrisR on 24-11-2004 18:48
#6
I'd go along with the tentative ID of 'rhinophorid' as it reminds me of a rhinophorid i have caught here in the uk - the exceptionally long petiole and the faint shading on the wing membrane along the veins all suggest this.
Posted by Zeegers on 25-11-2004 21:40
#7
I have looked at it again and oke,
it might very well be a Rhinophoridae,
in which case it is likely to be Stevenia, as already suggested.
Theo Zeegers