Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid, but which?
Posted by Rafael Estevez on 26-12-2008 19:08
#1
Found this tachinid inside my home this same afternoon.
Size about 8/9 mm.
Photo taken in Vigo (Spain) Dec. 26th 2007.-
Any possibility to know more about her.
Thanks in advance.
Rafael
Posted by Rafael Estevez on 26-12-2008 19:09
#2
Hello again, here's another view of the same fly.-
Rafael
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 26-12-2008 21:50
#3
It's nice to see again your wonderful pictures Rafael. :)
I think your fly is
Pales pavida (bluish body, red-tipped scutellum...).
Posted by ChrisR on 27-12-2008 00:06
#4
It's possible - the tibiae look brown and the facial ridges seem to have lots of strong down-pointing bristles :D
Posted by Rafael Estevez on 27-12-2008 16:23
#5
Thnks Chris and Stephane for the ID, havent done much this year, far too busy. However thanks for the wellcome.
Bst wishes.
Rafael
Posted by Zeegers on 28-12-2008 17:05
#6
Indeed Pales pavida.
Beware of other (rare) species in Spain and Italy
(recent review by Cerretti in Zootaxa)
Theo