Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae (pretty easy one I think)
#1
May 18, 2010, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region, Russia. Size 9 mm.
Posted by
ChrisR on 19-05-2010 08:58
#3
Eww ... yuk ... specimen required
That said, it does look quite unusual ... I am just not sure what it is. It should be fairly easy to key with all those lovely bristles!
Edited by
ChrisR on 19-05-2010 09:00
#4
Thanks Chris - collected - maybe I should give it a try then...
Posted by
ChrisR on 19-05-2010 17:30
#5
Yes, Tschorsnig & Richter should get you to genus fairly easily - let me know what you think it might be
Posted by
Zeegers on 20-05-2010 20:31
#6
Try Pelatachina tibialis
Theo
Posted by
ChrisR on 20-05-2010 21:02
#7
Ahh, yeah that does sound familiar - round head, long bristles, pale tibiae
Posted by
Zeegers on 21-05-2010 08:39
#8
There is a reason why it is called 'tibialis'!
Add 'yellow calyptra' to your list, and queer orbital seta (if you know to look for it, a very con.spicuous feature, easily visible in both pics above)
Theo
#9
Many thanks Theo and Chris (I still think I should run the key one day, at least for educational purposes...)