Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Belvosia spec. - Curacao

Posted by hedy2411 on 11-11-2021 21:09
#1

who knows the name of this Tachinidae fly..?
Found 10-6-2018 in Curacao..

Edited by hedy2411 on 31-12-2021 16:05

Posted by John Carr on 12-11-2021 14:04
#2

Probably somewhere in here:

Thompson, W.R. 1963. The tachinids of Trinidad. III. The goniines with microtype eggs (Dipt. Tachinidae). Studia Entomologica 6: 257–404.

I do not have that reference, and the original 19th century descriptions of some of the common tropical species are not very useful for identification.

Posted by Zeegers on 12-11-2021 14:07
#3

Clearly, it is Belvosia, Gonis or similar.

Theo

Posted by John Carr on 12-11-2021 14:49
#4

Zeegers wrote:
Clearly, it is Belvosia, Gonis or similar.

Theo


Do you see ocellars? I can't.

Posted by hedy2411 on 06-12-2021 21:23
#5

...with excuses for the delay...

Posted by hedy2411 on 06-12-2021 21:24
#6

...with excuses for the delay...

Posted by hedy2411 on 06-12-2021 21:25
#7

..can these pictures help..?

Edited by hedy2411 on 06-12-2021 21:26

Posted by John Carr on 07-12-2021 01:20
#8

In the Central American key it goes to Choeteprosopa, but that genus is present only on the mainland according to the world checklist. It may be one of the genera only found in the Antilles and omitted from the key. You need the reference I mentioned earlier.

Posted by hedy2411 on 31-12-2021 16:07
#9

This is all I have, so we may keep it to Belvosia spec.

Thanks John and Theo!

Regards,
Hedy

Edited by hedy2411 on 31-12-2021 16:13