Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae (?) from June-30, 2010 --> Rhinophoridae, fresh R. lepida
Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-06-2010 23:10
#1
Hi!
A small (5-6 mm) fly from our house wall this afternoon (northwest Germany). A Tachinid?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 02-07-2010 00:12
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-06-2010 23:13
#2
small calypters, petiole (long!), most likely to be rinophoridae. Wait for Theo, Chris!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-07-2010 00:57
#3
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
small calypters, petiole (long!), most likely to be rinophoridae. Wait for Theo, Chris!
Thanks, Jorge. I first looked under Rhinophoridae, but could not find one with such widely separated eyes.
Posted by Zeegers on 01-07-2010 19:32
#4
Jorge is right
Juergen: width of vertex is strongly sexual dimorph.
This looks pretty weird. It might be a very fresh female Rhinophora lepida (?)
By lack of alternative
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-07-2010 00:12
#5
Zeegers wrote:
This looks pretty weird. It might be a very fresh female Rhinophora lepida (?)
By lack of alternative
Thanks, Theo!
R. lepida is in deed very numerous on plants in our courtyard these days.