Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Trichopoda pennipes] Hairy legs fly

Posted by Arthropa on 04-09-2004 17:05
#1
Hello,

Here are a few picts of some diptera we're looking for the name on a french forum :
(Photos by Bobgaia, see here : http://www.insect...php?p=4436)

marthaadsl.free.fr/ATH/photos/trichopoda_penni_bobgaia.jpg
(Baignes (16), France - 23th August)

Does anyone know its name ? Thanks !
Edited by Arthropa on 17-09-2014 19:26

Posted by Kahis on 04-09-2004 17:37
#2
Family Tachinidae, subfamily Phasiinae, tribus Phasiini? Just guessing, better ask someone who is more familiar with this family.
Edited by Kahis on 04-09-2004 17:41

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 04-09-2004 18:01
#3
Hoi Benoit,
Kahis has right with his names, and I can even tell you the name of the species: it is Trichopoda pennipes.
It is a parasite from Hemiptera, so the true bugs.
It originates from South America, and has landed in Europe approximately 1960 in Italy (i think). From there it is still spreading.
I caught them myself in Perpignan and also in the departement Lot et Garonne!
They sometimes try to use it in Biological control. The colour of the abdomen ranges from black to orange!
Greetings,

Posted by Arthropa on 04-09-2004 20:42
#4
Great !
2 answers within an hour Shock, what for an efficiency ! Wink

Thanks, and best regards !

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-09-2004 13:04
#5
Just a detail of the hind leg of a pinned specimen colelcted by Gerard Pennards:

www.diptera-info.nl/images/Trichopoda_hindleg.jpg