Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae

Posted by Zeegers on 05-06-2006 11:29
#11

Oke, I'm confident it is Blepharipa.
Chris points correctly out, there are two very similar species: pratensis and schineri.
Schineri has reddish parts on tergites and lacks marginal setae on T2 and T3 (which are, by the way, first and second VISIBLE tergites).

I do see marginals on T3, though small (have a good look !) and I don't see any reddish on the tergites.

If all of this is correct, I can congratulate you with Blepharipa pratensis.
Which is, by the way, the less rare of the two.

Has it been collected ?


Theo