Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pales pavida F (was Tachinidae; Cyzenis?)

Posted by kurt on 08-08-2018 18:08
#1

Is it possible to tell genus and spieces of this fly?
Photo from 6 August 2018 Skällsjön 62 N, E 17 Ångermanland, Sweden.

Thanks for your help in advance

Regards
Kurt Holmqvist

Edited by kurt on 10-08-2018 16:06

Posted by Zeegers on 09-08-2018 15:13
#2

Cyzenis is spring only and looks quite different, to Tachinidae standards.

This is the female of Pales pavida: bluish, tibiae reddish, scutellum red,
(the other bluish genus is Empicampocera, which has tibiae and scutellum black).


Theo

Posted by kurt on 10-08-2018 16:06
#3

Thanks for your help Theo
Kurt Holmqvist