Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae 2: Blondelia nigripes
Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2021 01:03
#1
Hi,
This small Tachinid confidingly entered my finger three days ago, and I got the feeling I should know it. My guess is
Lydella grisescens, but the erect scutellar apicals are weak and small at best. Maybe I am barking up the wrong tree, so help is appreciated! The location was southwestern Germany, 50 km west of Stuttgart.
Thanks, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 26-06-2021 21:12
Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2021 01:04
#2
Lateral view.
Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2021 01:04
#3
Head. Arista is thickened.
Posted by Zeegers on 26-06-2021 08:16
#4
Check the belly ! Female Blondelia nigripes.
Theo
Edited by Zeegers on 26-06-2021 08:16
Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2021 21:34
#5
Ah - this is my first
Blondelia, so I did not know what to look for. Now I learn that the females have a jagged "saw belly" - interesting! I hope I can recognize the males too - once you wrote that they have red lateral spots on tergite 3 and 4. This character is, however, also found in
B. pinivorae https://www.zobod...1-0334.pdf. The key given in that paper should help to exclude that species.
Anyway, thanks for the ID!
Edited by Sundew on 26-06-2021 21:40