Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae? Buquetia? if so, which one?
Posted by mwkozlowski on 08-06-2026 10:00
#1
on a buiding wall Warsaw PL
Edited by mwkozlowski on 08-06-2026 10:00
Posted by mwkozlowski on 08-06-2026 10:02
#2
head
Posted by eklans on 08-06-2026 16:04
#3
It's
Triarthria setipennis: the aristomeres 1 and 2 are elongated, veins r1 and r4+5 setose, parafacial: whole length with proclinate setae, scutellum without crossed apicals... (tachinidae.eu)
Edited by eklans on 08-06-2026 16:04
Posted by mwkozlowski on 08-06-2026 17:22
#4
Thanks!!! Could it be a male? I knew the species from probably females that looked some different:
Posted by eklans on 08-06-2026 17:28
#5
I have not yet found a Triarthria male: Ceretti (I TACHINIDI DELLA FAUNA ITALIANA, 2010) writes that the frons ranges from 1.5 to 2.4 in female
and male and the proclinate orbital range from
2 to 4 in male and
2 in female. I've not yet found one with 4 oe...
(and the pulvilli seem to have the same size)