Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Tachinidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 23-03-2015 21:49
#1
Can anyone suggest a genus for this Tachinidae? At light, Townsville, Queensland.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 23-03-2015 21:50
#2
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Posted by Graeme Cocks on 23-03-2015 21:50
#3
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Posted by Zeegers on 24-03-2015 08:17
#4
I cries out 'Calliphoridae' to me, but with those antipods you never know.
Is the arista plumose ?
Did you check the postscutellum ?
Theo
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 24-03-2015 19:46
#5
Yes the arista is plumose. Yes the subscutellum is prominent, in that it has a large surface area and is pushing the scutellum up, but is not bulging.
Posted by Zeegers on 24-03-2015 22:14
#6
I bet my shoes this is a Calliphorid.
The subscutellum in Tachindae should be very convex, as a "swimming band" ( see previous post on that matter).
Theo
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 24-03-2015 23:02
#7
Well that clears it up nicely. I've been calling a lot of stuff tachinid just because of a large subscutellum. I wear one of those swimming bands all the time, can't get rid of it. :|
Posted by Zeegers on 25-03-2015 13:03
#8
Hi Graeme
Are you sure you are looking at the right structure ?
Theo
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 25-03-2015 18:49
#9
Yep.
Posted by Zeegers on 25-03-2015 19:15
#10
Great.
So I did not grasp your 23:02 posting.
Calliiphoridae or Tachinidae (swimband or no swimband, that os the question)
Theo
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 25-03-2015 19:33
#11
It will be in your box, which will be in the post today.