Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae
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| Miudo |
Posted on 02-11-2019 17:33
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Member Location: Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil Posts: 28 Joined: 11.06.19 |
Hello fellow dipterists, I wonder if you can help me identify this hoverfly with yellow-furried eyes. It was found resting on a scarlet sage (Salvia splendes) leaf. I'm at the southernmost state of Brazil, near Uruguay.   Thanks in advance. Edited by Miudo on 02-11-2019 18:50 |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 02-11-2019 17:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10662 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Family Tachinidae. It must be recognizable based on head structure but I don't know it. |
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| Miudo |
Posted on 02-11-2019 18:36
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Member Location: Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil Posts: 28 Joined: 11.06.19 |
Oh oops, wrong Family... Thanks, John. I was checking the Gallery just now and Peleteria ruficornis comes really close. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 02-11-2019 21:25
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10662 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Miudo wrote: Oh oops, wrong Family... Thanks, John. I was checking the Gallery just now and Peleteria ruficornis comes really close. It is not Peleteria which has different antennae. I think it belongs to subfamily Exoristinae. I have some literature for Tachinidae of Central America and Patagonia, but tropical South America is a big mystery. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-11-2019 08:51
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19325 Joined: 21.07.04 |
As well known, I am very reluctant to comment on Neotropical Tachinidae due to lack of experience, but in this case, first, second and third impression is Exoristini. Theo |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 03-11-2019 13:38
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10662 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Zeegers wrote: As well known, I am very reluctant to comment on Neotropical Tachinidae due to lack of experience, but in this case, first, second and third impression is Exoristini. Theo I thought the first post-sutural supra-alar was too big, but otherwise it could be Exoristini. |
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