---

Hello,

what tachinidae is this? I found it in July near Cologne. Length was perhaps a bit less than 1cm.

Thanks,
Michael

---

Looks like a Dinera or Dexia to me :)

---

Thank you for your answer.

I think, Dexia is it not, because all specimens in the gallery have an appendix to vein M. My fly not, as can be seen a little bit better on this photo.

But Dinera grisescens in the gallery seems to fit rather well. Perhaps someone can correct or confirm this.

Michael

---

You're off. It is a Bithia or possibly a Solieria.
Difficult to see the legs. Might simply be a male Solieria pacifica.


Theo

---

Wow :| I've never seen such a grey Solieria but it does look like it has 2 pairs of scutellars :)

---

Thank you for correction. How can I differentiate between those two? In the pictures, I saw, Bithia looks not so slender and in most cases seems to have longer hairs.

Solieria pacifica seems to fit rather well for my taste. (E.g. I found http://www.galeri...ifica.html, which looks nearly as my fly.

Michael

---

Solieria has only 1 ad on tibia 2, Bithia more than 1.
In the last pic, you see one, but it is not clear if the second one may be broken off.
But I agree with you, Solieria seems the most likely;


Theo

---

Thank you for your answer. I think I will label the picture in my collection as Solieria.

Michael