Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae, Siphona
Posted by Timofey on 19-10-2019 20:36
#1
Russia, Moscow, X 2019, meadow.
I would like to know the identification (? genus, ? subfamily ?species) beacause I need to know the biology of the fly from the photo. It is for education.
Edited by Timofey on 19-10-2019 21:31
Posted by Timofey on 19-10-2019 20:37
#2
Timofey wrote:
Russia, Moscow, X 2019, meadow.
I would like to know the identification (? genus, ? subfamily ?species) beacause I need to know the biology of the fly from the photo. It is for education.
Posted by Timofey on 19-10-2019 20:37
#3
Timofey wrote:
Russia, Moscow, X 2019, meadow.
I would like to know the identification (? genus, ? subfamily ?species) beacause I need to know the biology of the fly from the photo. It is for education.
Posted by jck on 19-10-2019 21:05
#4
This is a Siphona. The genus belongs to the Tachinidae and is nearly impossible to ID to species level from photos.
James
Posted by Timofey on 19-10-2019 21:29
#5
Thank you very much, James! The name of genus is wahat I need!
jck wrote:
This is a Siphona. The genus belongs to the Tachinidae and is nearly impossible to ID to species level from photos.
James
Posted by Zeegers on 20-10-2019 08:52
#6
But there are exceptions to the no-ID rule: siphona geniculata, parasitoid of tipula larvae.
Theo
Posted by Timofey on 20-10-2019 19:58
#7
Theo, thank you for the comment! As I see, Siphona species with known biology are parasitoids on larvae of some Lepidoptera and Tipulidae. Is it correct to say so?
Zeegers wrote:
But there are exceptions to the no-ID rule: siphona geniculata, parasitoid of tipula larvae.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-10-2019 08:38
#8
Hello Theo,
Zeegers wrote:
But there are exceptions to the no-ID rule: siphona geniculata, parasitoid of tipula larvae.
may I ask, from which character(s)
S. geniculata can be identified from photos?
Siphona was very numerous here in the last weeks, but all photos I have stored as
Siphona sp....
Posted by Zeegers on 21-10-2019 12:48
#9
* presence of many bristles going down on the parafacial.
* presence od central marginal bristles on syntergite 1&2.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-10-2019 13:19
#10
Zeegers wrote:
* presence of many bristles going down on the parafacial.
* presence od central marginal bristles on syntergite 1&2.
Thanks, Theo! I will look, if I can find these on my photos.