Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina fera??

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2007 00:22
#1
Hi

Season tachinid opened Smile

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.04.01
* size - 7 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - open land
* substrate - grass


Caught this fly in the grass with my hands.

Tachina fera?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2007 00:29
#2
head profile ... 2:1 magnification. (not totally in focus Sad )

Posted by Zeegers on 02-04-2007 09:05
#3
Hi Jorge

Close. It is a Tachina, however, not fera.
Most likely Tachina magnicornis

Theo Zeegers

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2007 19:39
#4
more detail... perhaps this could helps to have sure.

I wonder why not T. fera and this fits more to be T. magnicornis. Due to the arista? Smile

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2007 19:43
#5
i see there are no photos in net. Neither google images, neither flickr, neither in ispecies.org (this website is useful for us to seek for species photos and scientific articles). Is this Mediterranean species? Or is it widespread... and if so, why are there no photos??