Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae/Tachinidae ID please ?
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 12-01-2009 11:27
#1
Hella all,
Can someone help me with the ID of this smallish fly observed on April 2 2008 in Banyuls (Pyrenees orientales, France) ? The wing venation intrigues me....
TIA
Philippe
Edited by Philippe moniotte on 13-01-2009 11:11
Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-01-2009 16:36
#2
Tachinidae
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 12-01-2009 18:07
#3
Yes indeed, I thought it looked a bit like Elomyia...
Thanks
Philippe
Posted by Xespok on 12-01-2009 18:42
#4
Not Elomyia. In fact I would not even put all my money on Tachinidae and would keep other options (for example Rhinophoridae) open.
Posted by ChrisR on 12-01-2009 18:52
#5
My money too was on it being a rhinophorid ... but it looks really odd.
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 13-01-2009 11:10
#6
Thanks
This vein arragement seems peculiar to Rhinophoridae , but not perhaps specific ?
Philippe
Posted by Zeegers on 14-01-2009 18:29
#7
I would be very surprised if this is not... Sarcophagidae.
I know, you tell me, the topcel is stalked.
There is at least 1 Sarc with this feature
Notoecus longestylatus.
So that is my proposition.
Theo
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 14-01-2009 18:35
#8
Ah , now you're (s)talking !:D
Thanks for your input. Is there any end to the surprises and tricks that those two-winged critters have in store for us poor entomologists?....
Philippe