Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae
Posted by Christophe Grangier on 11-10-2005 17:55
#1
Hello
What kind of Tachinidae is this? Alophora? Phasia? Ectophasia?
Image from Montagne de Lure (04 Fr) July 25th 2005
Thank you for help
Christophe
Posted by Zeegers on 11-10-2005 18:15
#2
Looks like a very small Ectophasia crassipennis
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Christophe Grangier on 12-10-2005 19:38
#3
Thanks a lot, Theo
Chrsitophe
Posted by ChrisR on 13-10-2005 21:08
#4
Hi all, I was just about to stick my neck out and say it didn't look like crassipennis - but I checked my specimens and I have one identical to this. It is however different from my other 3 specimens, which are larger; have 3 dots in the middle of the wing and are more orange on the abdomen - so, is this the female?
Posted by Zeegers on 14-10-2005 12:26
#5
Hi Chris,
Yes, it is a female. There is a strong sexual dimorfism in Ectophasia (as in Phasia). Moreover, especially the males tend to be very variable. On the other hand, females of crassipennis cannot be reliable distinguished from a picture from those of oblonga.
But your confusion is no doubt based on the comparison of males and females.
Greetings
Theo
Posted by Christophe Grangier on 14-10-2005 17:16
#6
Thanks to the both of you. I'm taking notes and... I'm learning.
Christophe
Posted by Zeegers on 14-10-2005 17:35
#7
This is the male (crassipennis, that is)
Theo
