Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Irresistible fly!
Posted by Isidro on 29-04-2012 12:48
#1
A small long-legged guy, dolichopodid-looking, but with pictured wings, appeared yesterday in my garden, in a shady and moist zone. What it could be?
Thanks!
Edited by Isidro on 29-04-2012 12:49
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-04-2012 13:37
#2
JUST WOW! Isidro caught the fly of the month! Tachinidae or Rhinophoridae, most likely the last ones as I see very small calypters!| COLLECT !
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-04-2012 13:54
#3
I wonder if it could be a Plesina sp..
Posted by Isidro on 29-04-2012 14:23
#4
Hi Jorge! Species please! Thanks!
I see that I was very far from the ID, thinking in dolichopodids.
Certainly the long legs reminds a bit some calyptrates such as Lispe or Estheria.
Posted by ChrisR on 29-04-2012 15:25
#5
Certainly looks like Tachinidae :) Very nice!
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-04-2012 17:11
#6
Tachinidae - Plesina cf. phalerata.
lucky guy to see such rarity!
The key only shows unpatterned wings for Plesina.
http://science.na...ig2008.pdf Yours must be most likely the P. phalerata. Wait for Theo...
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 29-04-2012 17:15
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-05-2012 10:17
#7
As far as I can tell
phalerata is the only (European)
Plesina species with marked wings,
claripennis and
nigroscutellata have clear wings.