Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Tachinidae - Senostoma sp
Posted by Susan R Walter on 01-02-2010 23:29
#1
Resting on the wall of my sister's house in Canberra, 26 December 2009, about 8mm.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 03-02-2010 21:46
Posted by Susan R Walter on 01-02-2010 23:30
#2
Another view.
Posted by pwalter on 01-02-2010 23:51
#3
I think Jorge will really like this!! And others (incl me) also :)
Dexiinae?
Edited by pwalter on 01-02-2010 23:51
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-02-2010 23:52
#4
And, yes, a tachinid it is.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-02-2010 09:59
#5
Thanks Walter and Paul. The legs are great, aren't they :)
Posted by ChrisR on 02-02-2010 14:39
#6
Wow - I have no idea which it is (perhaps Dexiinae) but it would be nice to have a specimen or two to run through the key :D
Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-02-2010 18:48
#7
No specimen, sorry. This was the only one I saw and we were in a big hurry at the time, so I got into trouble for taking these photos!
I will ask my sister to keep an eye out for it and maybe she can capture one (although she's not very fly oriented - more your birds, reptiles and mammals sort).
Posted by Zeegers on 02-02-2010 20:33
#8
I happen to be the proud owner of a copy of Crosskey's 'Tachinidae of Australia'
It clearly belongs to the 'Prosena-subgroup' of the Dexiini.
I'd say it is a member of the genus Senostoma, like Prosena but without the proboscis
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-02-2010 16:27
#9
I think that title is incomplete... Maybe...
" A Conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including Keys to the Supraspecific Taxa and Taxonomic and Host Catalogues" Is this the reference you have got, Theo?
Very nice fly, indeed.
Another photo of a similar tachinid like this one but, for example, with a conspicuous proboscis:
http://www.thebeg...11940.html
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-02-2010 16:38
Posted by Zeegers on 03-02-2010 21:24
#10
Yes, that is the one, Jorge.
Much too much work for me to typ it, thank you
The one with a proboscis is another genus
Theo
Posted by Susan R Walter on 03-02-2010 21:44
#11
Theo - I'm very pleased to have a name for this beastie, thank you.
Posted by Zeegers on 03-02-2010 22:16
#12
Roger that (ie. thanks Roger Crosskey)
Theo