Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid from Dutch dunes

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 09-07-2007 19:56
#1
I saw this Tachinid last sunday in the Dutch dunes close to Zandvoort. I think you can see the subscutellum between the scutellum and the black spot (which is not some weird shadow!).

Can it be IDed?
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 09-07-2007 19:58

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 09-07-2007 20:02
#2
another photo

Posted by Zeegers on 09-07-2007 20:44
#3
Yes, indeed you can see the subscutellum !
The species is Prosena siberita, very typical by it's very long proboscis ('snout'Wink, as a Bombylius. Unfortunately, invisible with this angle !
Prosena is in the Netherlands restricted to the dune area.


Theo Zeegers

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 10-07-2007 07:39
#4
Thanks Theo! Now that you mention the proboscis, I can better understand this photograph...
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 10-07-2007 07:40

Posted by ChrisR on 10-07-2007 09:09
#5
Great call Theo ... I don't think I would have been so confident with that ID, without seeing the huge proboscis! Grin

Posted by Zeegers on 13-07-2007 21:01
#6
Well, I know this guy (Prosena) by the 1000 from the same area, which makes things easier.

THeo