Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid NL > Ocytata pallipes
Posted by jck on 17-04-2019 06:31
#1
Is it possible to ID this fly? Near Apeldoorn on 10/04/2019.
James
Edited by jck on 19-04-2019 08:54
Posted by jck on 17-04-2019 06:32
#2
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Posted by Zeegers on 18-04-2019 07:01
#3
Indication of size ?
More like 7 mm or more like 10 mm ?
Theo
Posted by jck on 18-04-2019 17:11
#4
Certainly not 10mm - definitely smaller.
James
Posted by Zeegers on 19-04-2019 07:16
#5
So, the legs are very yellow, eye is bare and antenna is long.
I am thinking Ocytata pallipes, the variety with full wing venation.
Theo
Posted by jck on 19-04-2019 08:54
#6
I never knew there were two forms of wing venation - I have another record from 5 days later and a few hundred metres distant. I have a fuller set of photos - this fly also has the same venation.
Thanks, Theo. Much appreciated.
James
Posted by Zeegers on 19-04-2019 09:01
#7
Most specimens lack the apical crossvein, and hence are very easy to identify.
Theo
Posted by jck on 19-04-2019 14:24
#8
I've only seen the species twice and they were the "easy" form.
James