Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ID? (South Korea) --> Metadrinomyia xanthokolos (female)
#1
Hello,
I would like to ask the subfamily/tribe/genus name of this small Tachinidae. It was photographed in July 14, 2019 and was sitting on Humulus japonicus plant. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Posted by
Zeegers on 22-06-2020 20:34
#2
Very nice and totally weird by our western standards. No idea !
Theo
#4
Maybe Female of
Metadrinomyia xanthokolos Byun and Han, 2009 ?
The piercing ovipositer is shown in the picture, though blurry.
Reference to: Fig. 1, G-H of A Taxonomic Revision Of The Genus
Metadrinomyia Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae) With Descriptions Of Two New Species
Posted by
Zeegers on 31-10-2020 19:08
#5
You are totally correct !!
And I was as well 😃 totally weird.
Of course, in June, I had never seen this very nice species.
Theo
Posted by
Zeegers on 31-10-2020 19:09
#6
The photo won’t win the Nobel prize, but given the rarity of this species, please submit to the gallery.
Theo
#7
wonwoong wrote:
Maybe Female of Metadrinomyia xanthokolos Byun and Han, 2009 ?
The piercing ovipositer is shown in the picture, though blurry.
Reference to: Fig. 1, G-H of A Taxonomic Revision Of The Genus Metadrinomyia Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae) With Descriptions Of Two New Species
It looks like the depression in T1+2 of your fly reaches the hind margin.
#8
Zeegers wrote:
You are totally correct !!
And I was as well 😃 totally weird.
Of course, in June, I had never seen this very nice species.
Theo
I was able to identify this one because of the initial specimen identification from you! I became familiar with the specimen's morphology, and then remembered that I had a photo which looked like it. Many thanks
p.s. Photo submitted to gallery
Wonwoong
#9
John Carr wrote:
It looks like the depression in T1+2 of your fly reaches the hind margin.
Thanks for the opinion John!
Wonwoong