Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ID? (South Korea) --> Metadrinomyia xanthokolos (female)

Posted by wonwoong on 11-06-2020 08:41
#1

Hello,

I would like to ask the subfamily/tribe/genus name of this small Tachinidae. It was photographed in July 14, 2019 and was sitting on Humulus japonicus plant. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Edited by wonwoong on 15-11-2020 15:37

Posted by Zeegers on 22-06-2020 21:34
#2

Very nice and totally weird by our western standards. No idea !


Theo

Posted by wonwoong on 25-06-2020 09:13
#3

Thanks for the reply!

Posted by wonwoong on 31-10-2020 13:34
#4

Maybe Female of Metadrinomyia xanthokolos Byun and Han, 2009 ?
The piercing ovipositer is shown in the picture, though blurry.

Reference to: Fig. 1, G-H of A Taxonomic Revision Of The Genus Metadrinomyia Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae) With Descriptions Of Two New Species

Edited by wonwoong on 31-10-2020 13:34

Posted by Zeegers on 31-10-2020 20:08
#5

You are totally correct !!
And I was as well πŸ˜ƒ totally weird.

Of course, in June, I had never seen this very nice species.


Theo

Posted by Zeegers on 31-10-2020 20:09
#6

The photo won’t win the Nobel prize, but given the rarity of this species, please submit to the gallery.

Theo

Posted by John Carr on 31-10-2020 20:21
#7

wonwoong wrote:
Maybe Female of Metadrinomyia xanthokolos Byun and Han, 2009 ?
The piercing ovipositer is shown in the picture, though blurry.

Reference to: Fig. 1, G-H of A Taxonomic Revision Of The Genus Metadrinomyia Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae) With Descriptions Of Two New Species


It looks like the depression in T1+2 of your fly reaches the hind margin.

Posted by wonwoong on 01-11-2020 18:00
#8

Zeegers wrote:
You are totally correct !!
And I was as well πŸ˜ƒ totally weird.

Of course, in June, I had never seen this very nice species.


Theo



I was able to identify this one because of the initial specimen identification from you! I became familiar with the specimen's morphology, and then remembered that I had a photo which looked like it. Many thanks :)

p.s. Photo submitted to gallery

Wonwoong

Posted by wonwoong on 01-11-2020 18:01
#9

John Carr wrote:

It looks like the depression in T1+2 of your fly reaches the hind margin.


Thanks for the opinion John!

Wonwoong

Edited by wonwoong on 01-11-2020 18:01