Thread subject: Diptera.info :: No Epicampocera - but what, dear Theo?
Posted by Sundew on 16-07-2010 22:45
#1
Hi,
This medium-sized fly with its red eyes recalls a Sarcophagid, but the eyes are hairy, and the abdomen is not chequered. So I think it might be
Epicampocera succincta, Tachinidae. I photographed one earlier that had much smaller feet, however. Perhaps it was a female and this one a male?
Thanks for help, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 17-07-2010 18:20
Posted by ChrisR on 17-07-2010 08:03
#2
I'm not sure really - I'd need a few more lateral shots - particularly of the head. The problem with tachinids is that there is usually no one angle that allows someone to confirm an ID :)
Posted by Sundew on 17-07-2010 11:57
#3
Sorry, it was a shy fly :|. This is the most lateral view I have. Nevertheless thanks for all efforts!
Posted by ChrisR on 17-07-2010 14:03
#4
Doesn't look like
Epicampocera to me ... but I can't also think what it might be :)
Posted by Sundew on 17-07-2010 14:36
#5
My former
Epicampocera was more bluish indeed... So this one will probably stay unnamed :|.
Posted by ChrisR on 17-07-2010 14:40
#6
Yes, they are usually quite a gun-metal blue colour ... with a silvery-grey face covered with small hairs. Yours looks like an Exoristine fly (face if a bit
Exorista-like and the median-bend has the shadow-fold) but maybe Theo can go a bit further :)
Posted by Sundew on 17-07-2010 18:20
#7
So once again all our hopes are focused on Theo...
Posted by Zeegers on 21-07-2010 11:14
#8
Sorry.
I thought is was Eumea. I see only one reclinate oi and no reddish on scutellum (though the seond pic makes me doubt again).
Yet, only 2 central black vitta on thorax, Eumea has 3.
The topcel seems to end pretty far from the wing tip.
Only species with this combination is Platymyia fimbriata.
But I have my doubts....
Theo