Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Belvosia spec. - Curacao
#1
who knows the name of this Tachinidae fly..?
Found 10-6-2018 in Curacao..
#2
Probably somewhere in here:
Thompson, W.R. 1963. The tachinids of Trinidad. III. The goniines with microtype eggs (Dipt. Tachinidae). Studia Entomologica 6: 257–404.
I do not have that reference, and the original 19th century descriptions of some of the common tropical species are not very useful for identification.
Posted by
Zeegers on 12-11-2021 14:07
#3
Clearly, it is Belvosia, Gonis or similar.
Theo
#4
Zeegers wrote:
Clearly, it is Belvosia, Gonis or similar.
Theo
Do you see ocellars? I can't.
#5
...with excuses for the delay...
#6
...with excuses for the delay...
#7
..can these pictures help..?
#8
In the Central American key it goes to
Choeteprosopa, but that genus is present only on the mainland according to the world checklist. It may be one of the genera only found in the Antilles and omitted from the key. You need the reference I mentioned earlier.
#9
This is all I have, so we may keep it to Belvosia spec.
Thanks John and Theo!
Regards,
Hedy