Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Tachinidae

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 05-09-2015 01:04
#1

Is this Prosena sp.? Malaise trap, Townsville, Queensland.

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 05-09-2015 01:08
#2

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Posted by Graeme Cocks on 05-09-2015 01:09
#3

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Posted by John Carr on 05-09-2015 02:46
#4

Looks like your Sipholeskia in the gallery.

It's not Dexiini with the bare arista and short-haired pedicel. And it's not Siphona with the rigid proboscis. So you shouldn't have believed my last comment about identifying long-beaked Tachinidae. It is in a neighboring tribe to Siphona (Leskiini).

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 05-09-2015 04:02
#5

OK Sipholeskia certima. Thanks John.