Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Thelaira nigripes
Posted by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 10:00
#1
Since the last few spp. turned out to be ones new to me (though I thought I'd probably already seen them) I'll try a couple more.
Thelaira nigripes, or something else entirely?
12/7/2009; Devon, England.
Thanks
Tim
Edited by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 16:47
Posted by ChrisR on 14-07-2009 11:10
#2
Looks like
T. nigripes to me too ... those big eyes and general habitus with long, gangly legs screams "
Thelaira", while the 1-2 ad bristles on the mid tibia point to
nigripes :) I saw several last weekend on local nature reserves.
Here's one I prepared earlier:
Edited by ChrisR on 14-07-2009 11:11
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-07-2009 11:12
#3
only Thelaira and Halidaya have hemispherical heads in Tachinidae, I think...
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 14-07-2009 11:12
Posted by Jaakko on 14-07-2009 13:34
#4
Thelaira nigripes would be my suggestion as well. I've understood that
Thelaira nigrina would be a valid species (now a synonym of nigripes). Does anybody know more about this?
Jaakko
Posted by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 16:18
#5
Thanks for your replies. I think I should know this one by now.
BTW nice photo Chris.
Tim
Edited by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 16:21