Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Cylindromyia?
Posted by Gantarla on 29-03-2014 01:18
#1
Received this specimen from southern Brazil.
Could this be a species of Cylindromyia?
Thanks in advance.
And sorry for the bad quality photo.
Posted by ChrisR on 29-03-2014 12:38
#2
Not
Cylindromyia - just look at the shape of those antennae :) To be able to guess more I'd need a better series of photos from more angles. Does it have a long proboscis bent back under the body?
Posted by Gantarla on 29-03-2014 18:58
#3
I see. Well, I'll take some other photos next week.
And yes, it has a big proboscis.
Thank you very much Chris!
Posted by Gantarla on 08-04-2014 01:06
#4
Some other angles...
As I have practically none experience with Tachinids I don't know what characters are important to identify them ..
Edited by Gantarla on 08-04-2014 01:07
Posted by Gantarla on 08-04-2014 01:09
#5
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Posted by Gantarla on 08-04-2014 01:09
#6
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Posted by John Carr on 01-03-2016 02:46
#7
Should be
Beskia cornuta, which may be a junior synonym of
aelops described from North America.
Posted by Gantarla on 18-12-2018 03:00
#8
I see. Thank you very much, John!!
Posted by John Carr on 14-04-2019 12:44
#9
In the recently published checklist of Tachinidae, only one species of
Beskia is recognized: Beskia aelops (Walker, 1849).