Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown fly (Tachinidae?), Northern Germany > Exorista larvarum
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 10-01-2015 22:38
#1
Hi,
who can identify this? Is it a tachinid?
Thanks a lot!
Greetings,
Lennart
2014-07-26, 5 p.m., Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mohrkirch, wild meadow.
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 17-01-2015 11:44
Posted by sd on 11-01-2015 09:30
#3
Hi, female
Phryxe I think.
Steve
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 11-01-2015 09:42
#4
To me it both looks plausible... so who of you is the expert? :-)
Thank you!
Lennart
Posted by Zeegers on 11-01-2015 10:49
#5
It is not about experts, it is about arguments.
Phryxe has a strong prae-alar bristle, hairy eyes and discal bristles on tergites. 3 x disagreement.
The wing venation is non consistent with Voria. Though it is close.
So in that case once instantly has to consider Exorista.
The abdominal pattern is highly characteristic (in central Europe) for Exorista larvarum. A late summer species from meadows and heaths.
So that is what it is: female Exorista larvarum.
Theo
Posted by sd on 11-01-2015 13:04
#6
I should never look at these before breakfast :D
Steve
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 11-01-2015 22:44
#7
Alright..thank you very much Theo, for that detailed explanation! The word "expert" is elastic, luckily... so if you have the right arguments, you're nothing else than that... in my eyes ;-)
Best wishes,
Lennart