Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Splendid Tachinid

Posted by pierred on 05-08-2007 09:19
#1
Hello,

Splendid Tachinid, in Savoy, 2007/7/17, 10-12mm.
Is it possible to tell the genus and maybe the species?

Thanks in advance.
Edited by pierred on 05-08-2007 09:19

Posted by pierred on 05-08-2007 09:20
#2
Another picture:

Posted by Zeegers on 05-08-2007 11:27
#3
It's a female (?) Masicera, often mistaken for a Sarcophagidae.
Great you noted directly it is indeed a Tachinid.
Can't give a species name, but silvatica is very common on Umbelliferae.

Theo Zeegers

Posted by pierred on 05-08-2007 15:07
#4
Theo,

Thanks a lot.

After reading so much posts on Tachinids, one begins to have an educated eye for them. It is not in the gallery, I'll post it.

May I say M. cf. silvatica, or is it enough to say Masicera sp.?