Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from caves 7 - Tachinidae

Posted by Andrius on 23-05-2011 09:38
#1
Hello everyone, especially tachinid fans!
This time I have a question for you - what's the name of this tachinid with piercing mouthparts? I hope it is a tachinid indeed Smile
It was caught in one of the caves in Germany, August 2010, size approx. 6 mm.

Thank you for suggestions!

Andrius

Posted by Andrius on 23-05-2011 09:39
#2
And the head:

Posted by ChrisR on 23-05-2011 09:40
#3
Hard to see much detail but if it has a long, hinged proboscis then it should be a Siphona sp. Smile

Posted by Andrius on 23-05-2011 10:01
#4
Sorry for the quality of pictures... Yes, it has a hinged proboscis, so Siphona it is! Thank you, Chris!

Posted by neprisikiski on 23-05-2011 15:26
#5
Hi Andriau,
If it has hairy parafacial (at least with five setulae below the frontal setae) than could be S. geniculata, very common there in the west.