Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae, Oct. 18, 2007

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 19-10-2007 21:49
#1

Swept from grass, edge of pine forest. Size 6.5 mm. It looks familiar, but I'm not sure...

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 19-10-2007 21:50
#2

Dorsal view + head.

Posted by ChrisR on 19-10-2007 22:03
#3

I'm going to take a guess at a female Blondelia nigripes ... I can see those ventral tergite combs and it doesn't have hairy eyes, so it can't be Compsilura :)

Edited by ChrisR on 19-10-2007 22:06

Posted by Zeegers on 20-10-2007 17:34
#4

Well observed by Chris in the second pic, the ventral saw.
Blondelia nigripes.


Theo

Posted by ChrisR on 20-10-2007 20:50
#5

Blondelia nigripes is fairly uncommon here in the UK but it was one of the commonest species from my trip to Russia in August/September. :)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 28-10-2007 19:32
#6

Many thanks Chris and Theo.