Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae, Jerusalem October 07

Posted by GlassOWater on 08-10-2007 10:19
#1
Is a cpecies determination possible from this picture?

Posted by ChrisR on 08-10-2007 11:46
#2
Looks like Mintho rufiventris Smile (Note: the laterally compressed abdomen with red side patches plus 2 broad dark stripes at the front of the thorax)

Posted by GlassOWater on 08-10-2007 11:50
#3
Thanks! It seems right! I wonder why so many dipterans from different fammilies have those thorax stripes (Muscidae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae...)?