Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gadfly from Altai

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-07-2016 18:17
#1
RUS, Altai Rep,Seminsky
Pass, 51.05N 85.59E,1650m,
27-30. 06.2016, N.Vikhrev

Posted by Zeegers on 02-07-2016 21:27
#2
Hi Nikita,

That is not an Oestridae, but 99.9 % certain a Tachinidae. Ormia or similar.
Very interesting indeed, I would be very interested to study this (and other) Tachinidae.
As you might know, I collected in the Altay myself twice, though not on the steppe-area.

Theo

Posted by Zeegers on 03-07-2016 07:23
#3
My mistake on the locality: somehow I thought you wrote " Semipalatinsk", but it was "Seminsky". Be sure to go hilltopping to the radio tower behind the hotel: we got a lot of Oestromyia there !


Theo