Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - cf. Goniini sp./Blondeliini sp.

Posted by Walther Gritsch on 16-10-2010 12:03
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Hi

On the danish nature site wildaboutdenmark.com this small Tachinid has appeared.
It was shot 12. X 2010 by Finn Krone. The fly was beaten out of low vegetation in a coastal habitat on the island Sjaelland. The fly was not collected.

It looks Siphonini-ish. The scutellar apicals are weak and the subapicals are converging. It lacks the bend in vein M – all of which makes me think of Actia lamia. But A. lamia has only one ad on t2, this fly has three. Another option would be Ocytata pallipes, I guess, but with converging subapicals... couldn't be.
I am even beginning to suspect the lacking bend in M is an aberration. Looks kind of weird.
Body length less than 5 mm in my estimation (no size given).

Is it possible to name the species?

Regards,

Edited by Walther Gritsch on 19-10-2010 12:11