Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina?
Posted by Pietro on 19-03-2009 22:53
#1
Alghero, Sardinia 18/03/2009 dimensions: around 12 mm.
Posted by Pietro on 19-03-2009 22:54
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Photo 2
Posted by Pietro on 19-03-2009 22:55
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Photo 3
Posted by Zeegers on 21-03-2009 20:36
#4
A very dark Tachina male, indeed.
Might be magnicornis, not sure about other possibilities on Sardinia
Theo
Posted by Pietro on 22-03-2009 23:45
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Thanks Theo
according to Cerretti there are two Tachina of magnicornis group in Sardinia: magnicornis and corsicana.
In T. corsicana should't be face and abdomen pruinese, the wing shaded.
Posted by Zeegers on 23-03-2009 18:00
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I have no experience with corsicana.
Theo