Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Compsilura sp. (Tachinidae)
#1
Can you help me with this?
Thank you
location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 2007/09/25
larva host: Phalera bucephala
Posted by
lema on 25-09-2007 13:23
#2
I?m not an expert but looks like Compsilura sp in my thread from 17-04-2007
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=5680
regards
#3
Thank you lema
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Can anyone confirm this?
Posted by
ChrisR on 25-09-2007 19:40
#4
Sorry, not enough detail for me but
Compsilura is a known parasitoid of
Phalera bucephala, so it's a possibility
#5
Ok, thank you
Posted by
Zeegers on 26-09-2007 19:39
#6
But then again, Compsilura has been reared from anything, brick rocks included, so that does not mean much.
I can't see enough in this resolution.
Rui, please check in original whether ocellar bristles (between the 3 ocelli) are present or not.
Theo
#7
Thank you, Theo
I don't have a hand lens that zooms better than what my camera does, so I am putting the best images I have here.
I hope that something can be seen.
The 1st photo shows a newborn fly.
#8
Compsilura concinnata??
the emerged fly shows an ocellar bristle.
Posted by
Zeegers on 28-09-2007 08:47
#9
??
I don't see an ocellar, which is consistent with Compsilura
Theo