Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sarcophagidae - Miltogramminae - Phylloteles pictipennis

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 14:27
#1

And an unusual arista. :)

I never saw this tachinid. The pose was very strange, it looked as if it was diving. Spots in almost apical wing. Volumose arista, acute abdomen. Two very fine vittae on scutum.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 14:56

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 14:29
#2

another..

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 14:32

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 14:38
#3

and the arista:

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 14:42
#4

it would be very odd to be miltogramminae, even for a real tachinidae. :|

the arista is very unusual. I never saw an arista like that, and I've seen many. :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 14:49
#5

another one.

Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 15-07-2008 14:54
#6

a male of Phylloteles pictipennis (Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae)

nice pictures

Liekele

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 14:55
#7

thanks. My second opinion would be really the miltogramminae as I told before the last picture. :)

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 15-07-2008 19:39
#8

Great find, nice Sarco.:)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 19:43
#9

and you would be baffled with the heat I caught. :)

Posted by Andre on 15-07-2008 20:29
#10

For Bee-specialists it can be very interesting to find out, to which species the several Miltogramminae are attracted ;)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 20:37
#11

http://tinyurl.com/5cpxrd :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 20:40
#12

see this! "The presence of Phylloteles pictipennis (Loe?w) is most unusual , as this species is
known as a sphecid wasp kleptoparasite . It is possible that P. pictipennis is capable
of breeding in turtle nests although the presence of this species could also be due to
sphecid wasp nests being present in the sand and that infestation is due to sand
disturbance during excavation."
in http://www.seatur...atHist.pdf

Posted by Andre on 15-07-2008 20:48
#13

So... find the host Jorge :)