Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina fera??
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2007 00:22
#1
Hi
Season tachinid opened :)
* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.04.01
* size - 7 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - open land
* substrate - grass
Caught this fly in the grass with my hands.
Tachina fera?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2007 00:29
#2
head profile ... 2:1 magnification. (not totally in focus :( )
Posted by Zeegers on 02-04-2007 09:05
#3
Hi Jorge
Close. It is a Tachina, however, not fera.
Most likely Tachina magnicornis
Theo Zeegers
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2007 19:39
#4
more detail... perhaps this could helps to have sure.
I wonder why not T. fera and this fits more to be T. magnicornis. Due to the arista? :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2007 19:43
#5
i see there are no photos in net. Neither google images, neither flickr, neither in ispecies.org (this website is useful for us to seek for species photos and scientific articles). Is this Mediterranean species? Or is it widespread... and if so, why are there no photos??