Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae?

Posted by wilde on 23-04-2007 10:20
#1
What kind of fly is this?
Edited by wilde on 23-04-2007 10:24

Posted by ChrisR on 23-04-2007 10:24
#2
Definitely a tachinid Smile Do you have any other angles - from the side maybe? It reminds me of Phyllomya volvulus but it would be early for that species. Maybe Mintho rufiventris ... but i don't see any red-sides to the abdomen either. Might have to wait for Theo on this Wink
Edited by ChrisR on 23-04-2007 10:34

Posted by Zeegers on 23-04-2007 17:10
#3
The topcell is stalked and the bend in vein M has an appendix, so this all fits with Mintho rufiventris.
Rather dark, I agree with that


Theo

Posted by ChrisR on 23-04-2007 18:12
#4
Nice unusual Mintho - would be nice to see if it has any red on the side, or maybe it's just a trick of the angle.

Theo: I saw the petiole, and 2 thick dark bars on the anterior which pointed me towards Mintho ... would be nice if I could see them in England more often. Sad Maybe they will be commoner with global warming? Smile Talking of which, I had Siphona geniculata yesterday - almost 1 month earlier than suggested in Belshaw Grin

Posted by wilde on 23-04-2007 18:37
#5
Thanks for your help. This was a foto of a friend who asked for ID (mine are betterGrin).

Posted by Zeegers on 24-04-2007 18:38
#6
Concerning Mintho:
check for gardens and on windows!!
There are remarkably often encoutered on the inside of large windows. Mainly in July - August.


Theo