Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae? ID
Posted by KimGH on 26-04-2019 10:32
#1
22 April 2018
Gangwon-do, South Korea
Posted by KimGH on 26-04-2019 10:34
#2
wing
Posted by KimGH on 26-04-2019 10:35
#3
male habitus in lateral view
Posted by KimGH on 26-04-2019 10:35
#4
scutellar bristles
Edited by KimGH on 26-04-2019 10:35
Posted by KimGH on 26-04-2019 10:36
#5
face
Posted by KimGH on 26-04-2019 10:38
#6
another specimen
28 April 2018
same locality
Posted by KimGH on 26-04-2019 10:39
#7
wing
Posted by Zeegers on 27-04-2019 20:22
#8
It is simply a male Phorocera obscura. This species does occur all over Siberia and in Japan, so it is to be expected in Korea.
Theo
Posted by KimGH on 29-04-2019 10:11
#9
Thanks a lot! It's very common and occurs in April to June.
The genus
Phorocera is not recorded in Korea, so I just misidentified as
Compsilura concinnata.
I have one more question. What is the taxonomic key to distinguish
P. obscura and
P. grandis?
Edited by KimGH on 29-04-2019 10:16
Posted by Zeegers on 29-04-2019 11:34
#10
For the Central European species, there is a very nice key by Tschorsnig & Herting. Thanks to Chris Raper, there is an English translation available:
http://tachinidae.myspecies.info/node/17
Of course, in many, if not most cases, your fauna is totally different. BUt in the case of Phorocora, it seems the eastern and western Palaearctic species are identical.
Your picture shows Phorocera obscura.
Theo