Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae from California. - Linnaemya comta [JC]

Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2023 18:03
#1
Found this one above the beach at Alameda, San Francisco on 15th July 2023. ID'able from these photos?
Edited by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2023 13:23

Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2023 18:03
#2
2nd photo...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2023 18:04
#3
3rd photo

Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-08-2023 18:05
#4
4th and final photo...

Posted by John Carr on 29-08-2023 20:01
#5
I think Linnaemya comta, according to the key of Brooks (1944) the only North American species with pale-haired pleura. In place of a description he adds, "This species is sufficiently well known in both adult and immature stages so that no additional description is needed."

Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2023 13:22
#6
Thanks for the ID John, appreciated Smile