Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Tachinid 3

Posted by Ingrid Altmann on 05-12-2009 13:47
#1

...and this Tachinid has apparently transparent wings? Unfortunately I could only shoot one picture of it.

Furth im Wald, Bavaria, Germany, meadow, 2004-08-03

Posted by lagura on 05-12-2009 21:38
#2

Eriothrix rufomaculatus, I think

Posted by Jaakko on 07-12-2009 14:47
#3

Correct. The other Eriothrix should look different (haven't seen any, though). In the North as well as in the Alps there is a superficially really similar looking rare species Minthodes picta, but that has yellow legs and bare eyes (see gallery).

Posted by ChrisR on 07-12-2009 18:00
#4

Yes, the other Eriothrix we have here (prolixa) is smaller and browner/greyer without the bold red side patches and no petiole. :)

Posted by Ingrid Altmann on 08-12-2009 12:38
#5

Thank you so much Jaakko and Chris!
Ingrid