Thread subject: Diptera.info :: beautiful Tachinid from Wisconsin
Posted by Louis Boumans on 02-10-2006 09:41
#1
When on vacation in Wisconsin in September, I came across this very pretty, and very docile, fly, which I presume to be a tachinid. (I think it resembles the Zophomyia picture in crex's avatar, except for the long antennae..)
Picture taken at Lake Ottawa in the Kettle Moraine State Park, Sth, WI, 13sep09.
I bet some of you recognise this beauty! Louis
Posted by Zeegers on 02-10-2006 09:48
#2
Hi Louis,
Normally I would pass on Nearctic Tachinidae, but this one should be obvious: it is a Euthera.
There are three species of Euthera in the Nearctic region.
Given the distributional pattern, yours should be Eu. tentatrix.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Louis Boumans on 02-10-2006 10:06
#3
Bedankt Theo,
I see it's the 1st picture of this fly in this forum! Louis
Posted by Zeegers on 02-10-2006 12:51
#4
Sure it is !
In the Old World Euthera is restricted to the Afrotropics and Meditterrean region and it is quite rare everywhere.
Theo
Posted by Xespok on 02-10-2006 13:54
#5
How about
this one from the Eastern Palearctic?
Posted by Zeegers on 02-10-2006 14:22
#6
Yes, Eu. tuckeri is mentioned for Kyushu, Japan.
Theo
Posted by Zeegers on 02-10-2006 14:23
#7
Sorry, missed the link at first reading,
but my reaction is still the same.
Your pic is Euthera, no doubt.
Theo
Posted by Xespok on 02-10-2006 14:25
#8
I do not remember, but Euthera in Japan might be a not so recent introduction from the US. If I remember correctly, this genus parasitizes Pentatomid bugs.