Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina fera? Peleteria rubescens? --> Tachina fera/magnicornis

Posted by Zeegers on 17-08-2019 08:52
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It is intermediate. It is a male with proclinate orbital bristles, hence suggesting magnicornis. However, the metatarsi are clearly red, hence suggesting fera.
Moreover, the third antennal segment looks feminine rather than male.

So, it is either an intersex or and aberrant specimen.


Theo