Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae: Leucostoma female? --> Leucostoma cf. anthracinum

Posted by Pietro on 09-01-2024 17:09
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Italy, Sardinia, Alghero 30 giugno 2023.

Edited by Pietro on 11-01-2024 19:32

Posted by Pietro on 09-01-2024 17:10
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Photo 2

Posted by Pietro on 09-01-2024 17:10
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Photo 3

Posted by eklans on 10-01-2024 11:44
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Hi Pietro, I think female Leucostoma is correct and it's probably L. anthracinum.

From Ceretti (2010): I tachinidi della fauna italiana:

Addome lungo e stretto;
il tergite 3, misurato circa a metà della lunghezza, è largo 0,9-1,5 volte la lunghezza massima del tergite stesso.
Setole marginali dei tergiti 3 e 4 visibilmente prone (talvolta il paio mediano del tergite 3 è eretto).
Forcipe non appiattito e non molto robusto.

Abdomen long and narrow;
Tergite 3, measured approximately halfway along, is 0.9-1.5 times as wide as the maximum length of the tergite itself.
Marginal bristles of tergites 3 and 4 visibly tilted (sometimes the middle pair of tergites 3 is erect).
Pliers not flattened and not very robust.

Edited by eklans on 10-01-2024 12:05

Posted by Pietro on 10-01-2024 16:48
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Thanks Eric!