Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae:Entomophaga exoleta
Posted by EvanKoutsoukos on 21-03-2017 18:50
#1
Any help with family/genus would be greatly appreciated.
Loc: Attica, Greece
Edited by EvanKoutsoukos on 22-03-2017 20:07
Posted by John Carr on 21-03-2017 23:11
#2
Tachinidae. It reminds me of Siphonini but tergite 4 has discals so it can't be.
Posted by John Carr on 21-03-2017 23:13
#3
Triarthria?
Posted by EvanKoutsoukos on 22-03-2017 08:37
#4
Thank you very much!
Posted by Zeegers on 22-03-2017 08:52
#5
John got misled by the arista: there are more options for an elongated first aristomere.
This is actually the female of Entomophaga exoleta, a very rare species. It is restricted, so far, to sandy areas, is very rare, as said. I have seen material from Crete, Israel and ... a large population just 5 km. from my home !
Koutsoukos, could you please provide more info on the habitat ?
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 22-03-2017 13:13
#6
Zeegers wrote:
John got misled by the arista: there are more options for an elongated first aristomere.
This is actually the female of Entomophaga exoleta, a very rare species. It is restricted, so far, to sandy areas, is very rare, as said. I have seen material from Crete, Israel and ... a large population just 5 km. from my home !
I thought it looked like Siphonini, but the Central European key says only
Goniocera has discals on T3 or T4.
Posted by Zeegers on 22-03-2017 15:42
#7
OK, I checked my collection: Entomophaga exoleta often has discals. It is a pity the tibia is so out of focus, I cannot tell whether there is one or more ad on mid tibia. But the first aristomere definitely seems elongaged, which exclude pretty much all other Siphonini.
Theo
Posted by EvanKoutsoukos on 22-03-2017 20:13
#8
Zeegers wrote:
John got misled by the arista: there are more options for an elongated first aristomere.
This is actually the female of Entomophaga exoleta, a very rare species. It is restricted, so far, to sandy areas, is very rare, as said. I have seen material from Crete, Israel and ... a large population just 5 km. from my home !
Koutsoukos, could you please provide more info on the habitat ?
Theo
Thank you very much. A quite interesting one i guess!
So, about the habitat: Ecoregion: Phrygana (Garrigue), Date:12/03/2017, Location: Salamis island, Attica,Greece. Altitude: 314m.