Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small tachinidae (Austria)
Posted by Waldgeist on 03-05-2021 00:48
#1
Austria, Illmitz, 30-Apr-2021
Posted by Zeegers on 03-05-2021 07:12
#2
So, what is small ? 3 mm ? 6 mm?
Theo
Posted by Waldgeist on 04-05-2021 01:36
#3
5-6mm
Posted by Zeegers on 04-05-2021 10:38
#4
The only thing that fits (eye bare, 3 post DC, wing with a short petiole, bend in vein M gradual, may bristles on mid tibia, discal bristles on tergite present, vertex broad, strong costal spine) is female Picconia (only one: incurva).
I cannot confirm all features, so this ID is tentative
Posted by Zeegers on 05-05-2021 07:30
#6
First of all, note the topcel is open in the second observation. So this feature is variable in this species.
I’d love to see the peculiar piercer, but we can’t. in the second observation, you can however see the abdomen is modified in such a way to contain a piercer. So I’m now more sure the ID is OK.
Theo
Posted by helge on 05-05-2021 13:49
#7
Is this the same species?
Austria, April 2021
Edited by helge on 05-05-2021 13:52
Posted by helge on 05-05-2021 13:50
#8
2
Posted by helge on 05-05-2021 13:50
#9
3
Posted by Waldgeist on 06-05-2021 10:43
#10
no, wing venation is different