Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid for ID, C Spain --> Periscepsia handlirschi

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 15-04-2013 19:16
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I found this spectacular antennaed Tachinid in the outskirts of Madrid yesterday April the 14th 2013, chalk-land area by a lagoon. It was sitting on a rock, but it was there only for two seconds and moved to another spot on the same rock. It was like this for half an hour. A nightmare to photograph, but that was part of the fun :D

I think it might be a Wagneriini: very long subapical scutellar bristles, erect bristles on the scutellum, very bristly face, typical petiole,... But I cannot find anything that fits :( :( Perhaps a Wagneria?? But it doesn't look like the Wagneria I usually see. I am totally confused.

Help, pleaaaase!! :o Thanks!! ;)

Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 24-04-2013 21:07