Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Canadian Tachinid ??

Posted by Tony T on 28-02-2015 16:08
#1
Sept 1 2008, New Brunswick.

Posted by John Carr on 28-02-2015 16:55
#2
It reminds me of Chrysoexorista but looks can be deceiving. They are shinier when alive.

http://www.nadsdi...racea.html

Posted by Tony T on 28-02-2015 20:47
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Thanks John. Genus looks OK but seems a different species.

EDIT: All species of Chrysoexorista western, this specimen from east coast (New Brunswick)
Edited by Tony T on 28-02-2015 22:15

Posted by John Carr on 11-02-2016 19:40
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Compare Phebellia helvina (Coquillett, 1897), redescribed as Aplomya in

Sellers, W. F. 1943. The Nearctic species of parasitic flies belonging to Zenillia and allied genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93 [= No. 3157]: 1–108.