Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Zophomyia< tachinidae from E Turkey
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| Cesa |
Posted on 03-06-2011 20:29
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 Member Location: Turkey Posts: 1276 Joined: 13.10.09 |
Hello, This tachinid of today from East Turkey. Its ID very much appreciated. Muhabbet Cesa attached the following image:  [125.05Kb] Edited by Cesa on 10-06-2011 03:08 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-06-2011 21:02
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like Zophomyia to me but it doesn't look like temula (wing veins are shaded) but perhaps Theo can comment? 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Cesa |
Posted on 03-06-2011 21:10
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Member Location: Turkey Posts: 1276 Joined: 13.10.09 |
Thank you Chris |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 03-06-2011 22:34
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Well... there are some quire dark-veined temula. Quite curious that the same species would fly in Turkey and in the Nordic countries same time of the year! To my knowledge additional to this there is only Z. nitens in the Orient and its description does not match to this one. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-06-2011 22:48
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Interesting ... it is probably temula then but I wonder how much work has been done in Turkey on this genus - perhaps there is another species lurking in the south? More specimens need to be caught
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Cesa |
Posted on 10-06-2011 03:02
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Member Location: Turkey Posts: 1276 Joined: 13.10.09 |
Many thanks Gentlemen. Perhaps Theo can comment?
Edited by Cesa on 10-06-2011 03:08 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-06-2011 07:53
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I've had a look at my Z.temula and I don't have any with such dark venation ... and there just seems to be something odd with this fly in the photo. I have never seen Z.nitens but if it doesn't match this fly then we can rule it out. I think all we can say is that it is "Zophomyia sp." but if specimens had been taken then it would have been interesting to compare the male genitalia with known Z.temula to see whether there is a new species in Turkey
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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