Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae question

Posted by John Carr on 02-05-2023 19:20
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I think you have a female Istocheta cinerea.

According to Wood's review of New World Blondeliini, male Istocheta lack proclinate orbitals. It is not clear whether his diagnosis is based on all world species or only on the single species found in North America.