Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small Sarcophagid, not Tachinid

Posted by Sundew on 31-05-2010 20:57
#7

Grrrr... The same confusion as in former years. And the little one had, to me, such a "tachinidish glance"!
Now Stéphane pointed to small three/four parafacial setulae - where do I see them? I learned that the parafacial plate is between the ptilinal fissure and the eye, so did I tag the right hairs in the pics below? It would be good to know a character to discriminate between the two families. Do Tachinids not have these setulae, or in different number and/or position?
Many thanks for further explanations,
Sundew