Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Tanzania (2) -> Minthoini

Posted by Jeroen K on 26-05-2021 19:01
#1
Can anyone identify this tachinid?

Location: Moshi (northeastern Tanzania)
Date: 22-05-2021

Thanks in advance.
Edited by Jeroen K on 27-05-2021 10:20

Posted by Jeroen K on 26-05-2021 19:02
#2
Picture 2.
Edited by Jeroen K on 26-05-2021 19:03

Posted by Jeroen K on 26-05-2021 19:04
#3
Picture 3.

Posted by John Carr on 27-05-2021 00:14
#4
Shaped like tribe Sophiini, but that is New World only. Minthoini?

Posted by Jeroen K on 27-05-2021 10:19
#5
Thanks a lot, John. It sure does look like the Mintho rufiventris I found in my backyard in Belgium, but that seems to be a European species (although there are other Mintho species in Africa according to this source: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6072). I am curious of someone can confirm if this is Mintho or suggest another genus.

Posted by Zeegers on 27-05-2021 11:39
#6
It is not Mintho: the pattern on thorax has 4 vittae and the stalk to bend of median vein is lacking.

Theo

Posted by Jeroen K on 03-06-2021 10:10
#7
Thank you, Theo. Any suggestion for another genus?