Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae: Tachina casta ♀
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| ESant |
Posted on 15-02-2025 23:50
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2264 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Hello, I photographed this fly in Peschio Croce (AQ), Italy, 1460m a.s.l. on October 27th 2024. I think it is a Tachinidae, but is it possible to identify its genus or species based on these photos? Thank you in advance, Emanuele ESant attached the following image:  [298.4Kb] Edited by ESant on 19-02-2025 12:30 |
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| ESant |
Posted on 15-02-2025 23:50
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2264 Joined: 20.09.20 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 16-02-2025 11:02
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4490 Joined: 11.11.18 |
I'm pretty sure, it's a female Tachina fera.
Greetings, Eric |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-02-2025 07:52
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19294 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Lateral margin of thorax is very orange, looks like T. casta to me. Somehow, we can't see the IA bristles ? Theo |
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| eklans |
Posted on 17-02-2025 08:46
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4490 Joined: 11.11.18 |
I couldn't find the ia bristles, too, and excluded T. casta because the 5th tarsomere is not distinctly longer than wide (Ceretti)?
Greetings, Eric |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-02-2025 12:22
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19294 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Is that for females ? Anyways, i don't use those types of features in Tachina, they never work. I have never seen a fera with so much orange in thorax, moreover, the parafacial is very hairy ... |
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| eklans |
Posted on 17-02-2025 12:47
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4490 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Yes, it's for females: "Femmina: vr/occh = 1,25-1,55; quinto protarsomero chiaramente più lungo che largo...casta" (frons/eye = 1,25-1,55; fifth protarsomere clearly longer than wide) The frons is very wide and it's very orangy - I will no longer look at the Tachina girl's feet! Thanks for the clue! Edited by eklans on 17-02-2025 12:48 Greetings, Eric |
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| ESant |
Posted on 19-02-2025 12:30
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2264 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Thank you both very much for your help, as usual! |
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