Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Frontina laeta

Posted by crex on 09-09-2007 08:58
#1

Location: Midwest Sweden (Dalsland)
Date; 2007-JUL-22
Habitat: Coniferous forest, bogs

Actually I thought I was shooting a Tachina fera, but I see now on the computer that it is a completely different species. I suspect this is something close to Phryxe or maybe Goniini.

Edit: Changed subject (Tachinidae (3))

Edited by crex on 16-09-2007 09:29

Posted by crex on 09-09-2007 08:58
#2

Another view

Posted by crex on 09-09-2007 08:59
#3

Yet another view

Posted by ChrisR on 09-09-2007 09:04
#4

My first thought was Peleteria but it looks a bit small, so now I am not sure. It has a wide frons but I don't think it is goniini and it doesn't have hairy eyes so it can't be Phryxe (and Phryxe don't have orange abdomenal side-patches). It looks interesting but it's not something I have seen before so it needs Theo :)

Catch me a specimen and I'll key it for you! ;)

Posted by crex on 09-09-2007 09:52
#5

Chris Raper wrote:... Catch me a specimen and I'll key it for you! ;)


Thanks Chris. Next summer I'll get you some ;)

Posted by Zeegers on 11-09-2007 14:54
#6

Frontina laeta, not so common in August.


Theo

Posted by crex on 11-09-2007 15:21
#7

Ohh, a new species (which was photographed in July). Thanks a bunch Theo!