Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Epicampocera succincta
Posted by
crex on 02-08-2006 05:52
#1
From just north of Stockholm, Sweden yesterday. Would be grateful for ID. TIA!
Edit: Changed subject (Unknown diptera 2)
Edit: Changed subject (Unknown tachinid)
Edited by
crex on 02-08-2006 21:44
Posted by
crex on 02-08-2006 05:53
#2
Second view.
Posted by
crex on 02-08-2006 05:53
#3
Third view.
Posted by
ChrisR on 02-08-2006 10:06
#4
It's a tachinid ... but I can't quite see enough to be able to identify it. I have tried it in the Palaearctic software key and it could be any one of about 10 genera
Posted by
crex on 02-08-2006 10:52
#5
Chris Raper wrote:
It's a tachinid ... but I can't quite see enough to be able to identify it. I have tried it in the Palaearctic software key and it could be any one of about 10 genera
Thanx very much for your efforts with this cute fly. Identifying Tachinids seems to be a real pain in the unmentionable
Posted by
ChrisR on 02-08-2006 15:12
#6
It's not really that hard - if you can see enough of the fly - but that usually means putting it under a microscope to look at the bristles and hairs. I actually think they are quite simple when you have specimens
Posted by
Zeegers on 02-08-2006 20:53
#7
This one has a typical jizz (as birdwatchers call it), however not mentioned in the keys:
* slightly bluish colouration
* third antennal segment distinctly convex on outer border
* esp. females with very clubbed palpi
--> Epicampocera succincta
Theo Zeegers
Posted by
crex on 02-08-2006 21:43
#8
Amazing knowledge. I appreciate it very much Theo.
Posted by
crex on 02-08-2006 22:33
#9
As I gather it this fly is a parasite on
Lepidoptera larvae,
Small Emperor Moth (
Saturnia pavonia) among a few
others ...
Posted by
Zeegers on 03-08-2006 18:08
#10
Not amazing knowledge, but just a lot of experience
(I once IDed 25000 Tachinids in 8 months, that helps).
Epicampocera is supposed to be polyphagous, however, the primary host clearly is Pieris.
Theo