Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Family and genus?
Posted by johnes81 on 22-11-2017 18:09
#1
Berlin - May
don't remember details and I only have this photo.
I thought it to be a Tachinid but the eyes are large and I don't remember any Tachinids that look like this other than Rondania and Phania. I'd like to place it in a Family and I am hopeful for a genus.
Thank You for your Time :)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-11-2017 18:45
#2
Phania funesta, I'd say
Posted by johnes81 on 22-11-2017 18:49
#3
interesting, Paul. I am confused now. I dissected a male last month and I think that it looks different. I think that I must re-evaluate my determination. I'll have to look at my photos ...
I may end up making a new post :)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-11-2017 18:57
#4
I think this is a male, because of the narrow frons... The female has a long ovipositor that is curved underneath the abdomen.
Edited by Paul Beuk on 22-11-2017 18:57
Posted by johnes81 on 22-11-2017 19:08
#6
here is a photo also from May of a male fly which I have recently determined to be
Phania funesta. I think that this fly does not look like the one in question here. So either my determination is incorrect or this fly of this post is not
Phania funesta.
edit: or they are both Phania funesta. The eyes look different but I am not an expert :)
Edited by johnes81 on 22-11-2017 19:09
Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-11-2017 21:19
#7
Well, we defenitely have true tachinid specialists here that can set me right. :)
Posted by johnes81 on 22-11-2017 21:59
#8
Very few members id by genitalia so I will just have to re-key my dissected specimen. Regarding the species in question: I only have one photo, so I will just accept it as a Tachinid. I think that a genus is not possible. Thank You very much Paul. I truly appreciate you. Maybe I can find it again next year.