Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Solieria sp.
Posted by tim worfolk on 20-05-2010 16:10
#1
Another new one for me, fairly sure it's a
Solieria and probably a female so probably no hope for a definite ID but thought I might as well ask.
20/5/2010; Devon, England.
thanks
Tim
Posted by Zeegers on 20-05-2010 20:20
#2
It is a Solieria and it is either a female or a male pacifica.
We can't see the genitalia and we can't see the palpus, so there is no way to tell, I'm afraid (unless it is collected).
Pity such a nice photo does not apply for a good ID.
Theo
Posted by tim worfolk on 21-05-2010 13:54
#3
Thanks Theo, I guess I'll have to look for some more.
Tim
Posted by ChrisR on 21-05-2010 15:49
#4
They tend to be fairly common where they occur ... it's funny because I have hardly seen any tachs this year :D
Posted by tim worfolk on 21-05-2010 16:36
#5
You should head down to Devon, Chris, I've got loads - 13 spp. within half a mile of my house so far this year; and some seem quite common e.g
Macquartia dispar. Even had a
Gymnocheta which I've never seen here before :).
Tim