Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae: Mintho rufiventris?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-06-2007 22:38
#1
Hello!

Found today on a Leucanthemum in our courtyard (Ostwestfalen/Germany). Length about 8-10 mm. Is it M. rufiventris? Thanks!

Posted by ChrisR on 06-06-2007 22:57
#2
Yes Smile

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-06-2007 23:28
#3
Hello, Chris!

Chris Raper wrote:
Yes Smile


Many thanks! :-) It's only the second time I've seen that species here.

Posted by ChrisR on 07-06-2007 00:28
#4
Well, that's better than I ever managed - I have never seen one in England myself but they are caught fairly regularly and they are present in most collections. Quite easy to confuse with Eriothrix rufomaculata if you can't see the laterally compressed abdomen. But Mintho has those 2 clear black bars on the anterior part of the thorax - Eriothrix has many more. Smile

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-06-2007 00:55
#5
Hello, Chris!

Chris Raper wrote:
Quite easy to confuse with Eriothrix rufomaculata if you can't see the laterally compressed abdomen.


That species is very abundant here later in summer. Additionally to the different body shape I find it is much more red in colouration.

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Posted by ChrisR on 07-06-2007 09:43
#6
Ahh, and the Eriothrix is showing the 4 black bars on ther anterior part of the thorax very well too Smile