Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae to ID
Posted by Rui Andrade on 22-09-2008 00:27
#1
Is an identification possible?
I faced a big problem when I pinned this fly. A leg came out when I inserted the pin through the fly :-s. This problem is one of the things that I most feared whenever I thought about pinning. Do you have any advice?
location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 20/09/2008
Posted by Zeegers on 22-09-2008 18:34
#2
The scutellar bristles are strong and erect, the species is blackish and the eyes are bare, so it is a Lydella.
Difficult to say more, third antennal segment is rather long, suggesting thompsoni (easy to recognize by the form of the Sturmia-spot at ventral side).
Theo
Posted by Rui Andrade on 22-09-2008 20:08
#3
Is the spot you talk about there? Where is it located?
Edited by Rui Andrade on 22-09-2008 20:27
Posted by ChrisR on 22-09-2008 20:36
#4
Hard to see much on the underside on that photo ... the "Sturmia-spot" is a dense patch of short bristles on ends of tergites 4-5 on the ventral side.
Posted by Zeegers on 23-09-2008 20:49
#5
The right spot is under the right hind tibia.
But you need to get more light at the top of your pics.
Theo
Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-09-2008 18:43
#6
I?ll show you these four images but I'm having difficulties in seeing the "Sturmia-spot".
Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-09-2008 18:43
#7
Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-09-2008 18:45
#8
Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-09-2008 18:47
#9
Sorry for posting so many times but I can't seem to be able to post more than one photo per post :-S.
