Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phyto melanocephala (was: Tachinidae)
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 16-06-2010 20:33
#1
hi flyforum,
Yesterday I catched this Tachinidae inside my parents house.
It unfortunatlely drowned in some waterdrops which I submitted to the bottle.
That's why the fly look's a bit wetty..
It is Tachinidae? (I can't see darkening in the wing) and the veins looks Tachinidae.
What kind of tachinidae is it?
greeting Robert
Edited by ChrisR on 23-06-2010 13:26
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 16-06-2010 20:33
#2
picture 2
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 16-06-2010 20:34
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 16-06-2010 20:34
#3
picture 3
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 16-06-2010 20:34
Posted by ChrisR on 16-06-2010 20:48
#4
Does it have a proper, rounded, full subscutellum? Could it be a rhinophorid?
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 16-06-2010 21:27
#5
I'm sure it does not have a proper subscutellum, because it is a Rhinophorid: Phyto melanocephala.
Liekele
Posted by ChrisR on 16-06-2010 21:31
#6
I suspected it ... I am just not good on rhinophorids because I see then very rarely here (except
Rhinophora and
Paykullia) :)
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 16-06-2010 21:37
#7
hi Chris and Liekele,
Yes, it must be a rhinophorid.
(it was my first idea, but I got confused by missing darkened teints in the wing)
It is not a characteristic indoor-rhino, more a flower-rhino..
Thanks for helping,
Posted by Zeegers on 21-06-2010 09:41
#8
Hi Robert
Could you please PM the details on locality ?
Phyto melanocephala used to be restricted to the river area and Zuid Limburg, but has spread rather rapidly in recent years
Thanks
Theo
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 23-06-2010 13:11
#9
hi Theo,
Here are the details on locality:
http://waarneming...w/48578698
greeting Robert,
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 23-06-2010 13:11
Posted by Zeegers on 23-06-2010 18:22
#10
Peculiar locality, interesting
Thanks
Theo