Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae from Beret - Pyrynees - Rhamphina pedemontana!
#1
Hi
I caught this fantastic Tachinidae with a very long proboscis, but it is not clearly a Prosena siberita. I thought in Rhamphina but it seems that is not ones... it has golden dust (very soft) and the abdomen with very strong pair of bristles in each tergite... So what is this beauty?
Posted by
ChrisR on 14-08-2011 14:58
#3
Very nice fly - I've never seen anything like it before
Looks like Dexiinae to me so maybe close to
Prosena.
#4
Hope Theo can tell the genus of this one. I will put photos later.
Posted by
ChrisR on 14-08-2011 15:14
#5
Is the arista plumose? Looks bare ... so not like
Prosena 
Posted by
Zeegers on 14-08-2011 15:34
#7
Except for its colour, it seems to agree with Rhamphina pedemontana, so my guess is it might be just that or veryclose.
Amazing fly !
Theo
#8
WOW!
Many thanks, Theo!!! And also to Rámon to take us to Beret!
Posted by
ChrisR on 14-08-2011 15:59
#9
Yes, if it was black I would say that it is close to the
R.pedemontanum I have here ... but they are not even the slightest bit red ... has anyone seen
Rhamphina rectirostris?
#10
taken with xperia mini.
The habitat for Rhamphina. Amazing place!
Posted by
ChrisR on 14-08-2011 16:33
#11
That's superb habitat ... reminds me of where I caught
Rhamphina on the French side of the Pyrennes, years ago
#12
yes, Chris. And we were in more fantastic places full of Umbelliferae, but with fewer flies feeding on them than expected due the scarcity of the rain.
