Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown fly with bristly abdomen
Posted by Stuart Ball on 21-10-2007 13:56
#1
Found this fly in August, in a wood on River Kent estuary, Arnside, Cumbria. Possible tachinid but not sure.
Edited by Stuart Ball on 21-10-2007 13:58
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-10-2007 14:01
#2
Tachinidae. :)
Posted by ChrisR on 21-10-2007 18:53
#3
Looks like it might be a
Dexia - did you take a specimen Stuart or do you have any more photos taken from different angles? :)
Posted by Stuart Ball on 22-10-2007 14:42
#4
Looking at it again, looks like Dexiosoma caninum, but with fainter markings on the abdomen.
Chris, I did not take a specimen but I do have another image and location details I can send you privately.
Posted by Zeegers on 22-10-2007 21:52
#5
NO, not Dexiosoma, the wing venation does not match.
So it really is Dexiini, and then 2 options come in mind:
Dexia rustica
Dinera grisescens.
Any indication of its size ?
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 23-10-2007 00:09
#6
The excavation reaches the margin of T1+2 so that should rule out
Dinera ... or it does in Belshaw's key :)
Posted by Stuart Ball on 23-10-2007 10:49
#7
Thanks for the info.
As I took this picture on 4th August 2006, I do not remember the exact size, but not more than 8mm.
Location was Dobshall Wood, Cumbria grid SD451780.