Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae?

Posted by Josef Buecker on 16-02-2008 01:46
#1
Hello Forum,

again a fly from the alder marshland in Hagen (D) 175 m above sea level. This photo I took on June 23rd 2007. The plant in the background is Heracleum sphondyleum.

May be the fly belongs to the Tachinidae. Is a closer determination possible?

Best wishes

Josef

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-02-2008 09:52
#2
Tachinidae. Phasia. Maybe P. hemiptera female.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 16-02-2008 09:54

Posted by ChrisR on 16-02-2008 12:21
#3
Phasia hemiptera (Tachinidae) (male) Wink

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-02-2008 12:29
#4
eyes almost touching... and blunt tip of abdomen. ok, a male, Chris. Smile thanks for confirmation. Wink

Posted by Zeegers on 16-02-2008 18:50
#5
Chris is right, for other reasons, though.
In Phasia teh eyes are even closer in females (very unusual !!).
However, it's really very simple:
In males the wings are strongly darkened, in females they are completely transparent


Theo