Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nemoraea pellucida, male?
Posted by yamaneko on 29-10-2008 15:03
#1
Is it, what I suspect?
Regards,
Nadine
Posted by yamaneko on 29-10-2008 15:04
#2
Second Foto
Posted by Zeegers on 29-10-2008 22:04
#3
No, it is a Peleteria (difficult to see).
Impossble (for me) to give a species name.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 29-10-2008 22:04
#4
My guess is
Peleteria or
Tachina sp. but I can't really see enough to be sure ... the head/body ratio doesn't look right for
Nemoraea :)
Posted by yamaneko on 30-10-2008 13:45
#5
Thanks for the answers. Peleteria or Tachina? So I was completely wrong. The fly caught my eye because it was really redish and had those white spots. And the Nemoraea pellucida in the gallery looked very similar.
So what is it what distinguish Peleteria or Tachina from Nemoraea?
Bye, Nadine
Posted by ChrisR on 30-10-2008 16:26
#6
They look quite different :D
If you look at
Nemoraea you should see that the head is a lot smaller in relation to the body and the abdomen is quite wide, when compared with
Tachina or
Peleteria. My guess was
Peleteria because the abdomen colour is quite red, not like the pale orange in
Tachina. But to be sure you have to see the head clearly and look for a few stiff bristles between the lower eye edge and the mouth. They only exist in
Peleteria and in
Tachina the most you will see is soft hair.
Posted by Zeegers on 30-10-2008 20:48
#7
The vertex is too broad even for a female Tachina.
SO it really is Peleteria.
MInd you, this is true for only some Peleteria, included the most common: rubescens.
Theo