Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae -> Estheria cristata (M)
Posted by Michael Becker on 08-04-2011 05:03
#1
Hello,
this 8mm Tachinidae is from last july from southwest germany from a forest clearing. Can anything be said about it?
Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 09-04-2011 05:24
Posted by ChrisR on 08-04-2011 09:11
#2
Interesting ... long petiole ...
Zeuxia cinerea perhaps? Really I'd prefer a few angles though - do you have anything showing the face - laterally?
Posted by Zeegers on 08-04-2011 09:13
#3
Interesting.
Not the (short) petiole, 3 post DC and reddish scutellum:
Estheria cristata
a male
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 08-04-2011 09:41
#4
Ahh, yes I was trying to see a shot of the face to see whether it might be an
Estheria - laterally they are unmistakable :)
Posted by Zeegers on 08-04-2011 11:17
#5
Zeuxia has an appendix to bend in vein M and - in most common species - a row of proclinate orbital setae.
Both are lacking here
Theo
Posted by Michael Becker on 09-04-2011 05:23
#6
Thank you all for your answers.
Michael