Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae
Posted by Pietro on 09-01-2009 16:46
#1
Villanova Monteleone, Sardinia, 7/09/2008 dimensions: around 12 mm.
Posted by ChrisR on 09-01-2009 17:53
#2
Probably tribe Goniini ... maybe
Gonia but there are other genera in the south. :)
Posted by Zeegers on 09-01-2009 21:09
#3
Well spoken.
It is a species of Pseudogonia or Spallanzania
Theo
Posted by Pietro on 09-01-2009 22:38
#4
Thanks Chris, thanks Theo!
Check-list bye Cerretti for Sardinia:
Pseudogonia rufifrons
Pseudogonia metallaria (E)
Spallanzania rectistylum
Posted by ChrisR on 10-01-2009 10:54
#5
Hmm, going by the Palearctic Manual)
Spallanzania should have a yellow basicosta AND a fairly short 2nd aristomere, which I think rules that out.
Pseudogonia would have dusting on the abdomen (this does) and the head is not red/yellow in ground colour. On this last point it seems to be OK (so I would tentatively call it
Pseudogonia) but I notice that the frons is a little bit yellowish so I'd prefer Theo's comments on that before we attach a name to it ;)
Posted by Zeegers on 10-01-2009 18:04
#6
Sorry, I was too lazy to look it up and moreover I went off skating.
It is Pseudogonia rufifrons.
I never can remember those Pseudogonia's by heart.
Theo
Posted by Pietro on 10-01-2009 19:33
#7
Thanks again :D