Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid

Posted by ChrisR on 26-11-2009 20:49
#26

Chris's latest specimen looks very similar to the one he caught at the same location in 2007 (a locality within the rough geographic range of the previous 2 UK records), and which is in my possession. It matches all of Theo's criteria perfectly:
- hairy dorsum of hind coxae - 2-3 long hairs
- orange scutellum with erect apical scutellars
- doubled-up lines of parafacial bristles
- a line of just 3 bristles on the humeral callus

My Russian specimen is much smaller in size but it also matches all of the above criteria, except the doubled-up parafacials - in this specimen there is just a clear, straight line of bristles. :)