Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Onesia sp

Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 12:42
#1
From aprox 80 km NW of Stockholm, Sweden 2006-10-08. I can't even say if it's a Tachinidae or Sarcophagidae sp ...
Edited by crex on 12-11-2006 09:20

Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 12:43
#2
Another view ...

Posted by Xespok on 11-11-2006 13:24
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I think this is not a Tachinid fly either. Could be a female Onesia, Calliphoridae. I think you posted some males earlier. But it certainly has a Sarcophagid jizz, because it is rather slender.

Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 21:53
#4
Xespok wrote:
I think this is not a Tachinid fly either. Could be a female Onesia, Calliphoridae. I think you posted some males earlier. But it certainly has a Sarcophagid jizz, because it is rather slender.


Thanx Xespok. Perhaps I should sign this as Onesia sp then if there are no other opinions ...

Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-11-2006 01:33
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I'd say Onesia. There seems to be a metallic sheen to the abdomen, so that would exclude Sarcophagidae. Also the feet are too small for a Sarcophaga -they have really big pulvilli.
The arista is plumose, so unlikely to be Tachinidae. (It doesn't look like any of the tachinds I know with plumose arista.)

Posted by crex on 12-11-2006 09:19
#6
Thank you Tony!