Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina praeceps?
Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 05-09-2009 17:03
#1
Hi,
Fly is from Crimean Peninsula,steppe, August 2007.
Please confirm me, or not.
Edited by Lukasz Mielczarek on 05-09-2009 17:06
Posted by ChrisR on 05-09-2009 17:21
#2
I think we need a few more angles - would be good to see a clear dorsal shot of the head and abdomen :)
Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 05-09-2009 18:09
#3
head
Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 05-09-2009 18:12
#4
...and abdomen. Length of fly: about 9mm.
Posted by ChrisR on 06-09-2009 10:01
#5
Hmm, it does look quite convincing - pale hairs ventrally on T2; 2 post-sutural ia etc. Which key did you take it through? I have just run it quickly through Tschorsnig & Herting but of course Crimea is way out of the range of that key. Did you try it through Mesnil in Die Fliegen? :)
Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 06-09-2009 11:28
#6
I ID it with Tschorsnig and Herting, and I look on in the
"Keys to the Insects of the European part of the USSR".in last key the species is in genus Pareudora Wachtl. and mentioned from Crimea.
Posted by ChrisR on 06-09-2009 11:41
#7
I have had a quick look at Mesnil too and it seems to fit, from what I can see. They key is those pale hairs and 2 post-sutural ia :) Nice find - I have never caught one myself.
Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 06-09-2009 12:04
#8
I have been three times on Crimea, and I caught only that one:|
Thank you :)
Edited by Lukasz Mielczarek on 06-09-2009 12:05
Posted by ChrisR on 06-09-2009 12:09
#9
Did you find any other tachinids there? :)
Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 06-09-2009 13:53
#10
I take only few, because it's not my favourite family now. I will post one or two more interesting for me.
Posted by ChrisR on 06-09-2009 13:57
#11
Great - and it must be a very interesting place to collect :)
Posted by Zeegers on 08-09-2009 20:26
#12
This is praeceps, no doubt.
Rather common in the south, Crimea apparently qualifies like that.
Theo