Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ethiopian Tachinid2

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-08-2012 17:36
#1
31.VII.2012, Blue Nile gorge, 1100m asl, 4-5mm

Posted by ChrisR on 14-08-2012 17:47
#2
Amazing fly - nothing I have ever seen before but clearly phasiine Smile

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-08-2012 18:10
#3
From the same locality there is one more similar species: but black and two times smaller.

Posted by John Carr on 14-08-2012 21:03
#4
I have never noticed a stump vein at the bend in M in Phasiinae before.

Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 15-08-2012 22:04
#5
I think this should be Imitomyia. Three species are described from Africa.

Liekele

P.S. The stump vein at the bend in M occurs sometimes in specimens where it should not be (aberrations).

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-08-2012 08:35
#6
Thank you, Liekele.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-08-2012 14:11
#7
This is the second species of Imitomyia sp. from the same locality.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-08-2012 14:57
#8
for the gallery would be nice. Even with only the genus. We do not have this representative. Wink

Posted by sd on 16-08-2012 21:48
#9
Hi Nikita,

You are correct with there being two species. I think the first is I. mochii and the second is I. nitida.
They belong to Dexiinae, Dufouriini rather than Phasiinae so are related to Rondania and Microsoma

Regards,
Steve

Posted by ChrisR on 16-08-2012 22:46
#10
Nice work Steve - after I posted I started to have my doubts but that median-vien is so very phasiine Smile I'll leave the afrotropics to you - it's in safe hands! Wink

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-08-2012 08:24
#11
1. Steve, thank you for your identifications.
2. I can submit flies in the Gallery as Dejeania cf. bombylans and Imitomyia cf. mochii, if you approve that.