Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae, but which one

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 27-10-2005 20:23
#1
Hello all,
I found a nice small (8/9 mm) Tachinid just today on my balcony in Wageningen. I managed to take a few pictures, and I also collected the animal (if necessary for ID)
Can somebody tell me more about it?
Greetings, Gerard
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0927-1.jpg

Posted by Andre on 27-10-2005 21:13
#2
Just to make a wild guess without checking my keys for once: somewhere near Dexia or Cylindromyia?
Wink Shock

Posted by Zeegers on 28-10-2005 07:56
#3
Andre s suggestion is understandable, but it actually is Mintho rufiventris (Tachininae: Minthoini).
Distinguishing features:
thorax with 2 broad black vitttae, abdomen distinctly laterally compressed, reddish as sides. Wing: topcel closed, bend of vein M with a long appendix.

Mintho rufiventris is not uncommon, mostly encountered on windows and walls !

Theo Zeegers