Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Compsilura concinnata (Tachinidae)

Posted by Rui Andrade on 27-12-2007 13:38
#1

Here we have photos of two specimens. I believe they are the same species because they parasitized the same host species (Thaumetopoea pityocampa). I think it belongs to Compsilura concinnata because of the following characters: hairy eyes and yellow palps.
Am I right?

location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 2007/12/27
specimen 1 (photos 1 and 2)
specimen 2 (photos 3 and 4)

1
img254.imageshack.us/img254/1020/comco1uk4.jpg
2
img168.imageshack.us/img168/8118/comco2ic8.jpg
3
img295.imageshack.us/img295/8530/comco3sq8.jpg
4
img168.imageshack.us/img168/2406/comco4pl0.jpg

Edited by Rui Andrade on 03-01-2008 20:17

Posted by Zeegers on 27-12-2007 13:47
#2

And most important of all: no ocellar bristles !

Yes, you are right

Extremely polyphagous species, by the way.


Theo

Posted by Rui Andrade on 27-12-2007 13:51
#3

Thank you very much Theo:)!