Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Compsilura concinnata
Posted by jeremyr on 28-07-2014 03:42
#1
the antennae suggest a tachinid but it doesn't fit anything I've seen. What can be said of these images? there are bristles going some way up the facial ridge, I can't quite see if the mouth is projecting though. Taken in north london this week
thanks,
Jeremy
Edited by jeremyr on 07-08-2014 09:48
Posted by jeremyr on 28-07-2014 03:43
#2
head
Posted by jeremyr on 28-07-2014 03:46
#3
3rd view
Posted by jeremyr on 28-07-2014 03:47
#4
4th view
Posted by ValerioW on 28-07-2014 06:20
#5
1500/100 Tachinidae :D. s.f. Exoristinae
Posted by Zeegers on 28-07-2014 06:39
#6
Hi Jeremy
Apperently, you have never seen Compsilura concinnata ? Note the lacking ocellar bristles.
Theo
Posted by jeremyr on 28-07-2014 21:45
#7
Thanks Theo and Valerio,
this was at least twice the size of my Compsilura specimen, so although I felt strongly there was something obvious or familar about it that I was missing, I don't think I'd have thought of that. The facial features match nicely though
Edited by jeremyr on 28-07-2014 21:46
Posted by Zeegers on 29-07-2014 16:55
#8
Compsilura is a gregarious parasitoid, and this can easily lead to dwarfism.
Theo