Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sarcophagidae? -> Linnaemya (Tachinidae)
Posted by Michael Becker on 04-08-2010 04:33
#1
Hello,
this fly is from last week from near Neuss (germany). It was about 12mm long. Is this a Sarcophagidae? Or a Tachinidae? Does someone have an idea about the genus?
Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 04-08-2010 15:01
Posted by ChrisR on 04-08-2010 08:10
#2
Looks like
Linnaemya (Tachinidae) - protruding mouth edge, densely hairy eyes & yellow basicosta. The trouble is that we won't be able to go further without a specimen because it is a dark-legged species :)
Posted by Michael Becker on 04-08-2010 15:00
#3
Thank you nevertheless for the answer. For these grey flies I am always content with the genus.
Michael
Posted by Jaakko on 07-08-2010 23:12
#4
A difficult genus, but
L. tesselans is incredibly common at the moment here in Hessen (after
T. fera and
Phasia hemiptera).
Posted by ChrisR on 07-08-2010 23:13
#5
I wish I could say the same about
L.tesselans in England! :D I think I have maybe 1 or 2 specimens in my collection here :(
Correction: 3 male specimens I caught a few years ago in a Malaise ... 1 female collected in the 1950s and donated by Nigel :)
Edited by ChrisR on 07-08-2010 23:14
Posted by Jaakko on 07-08-2010 23:37
#6
I know the feeling.. I tried to hunt
Dinera carinifrons from Finland (itīs on the check-list). I spent considerable time on pastures with cattle etc. without any success. Here it is everywhere! It must breed in the dung beetles living in dog-pooh..
D. ferina is still considerably commoner, but after a while it is quite easy to pick
carinifrons out from the smaller specimens of
ferina on the field. It seems to start later as well. I also got another
Mintho rufiventris. This time it was flying around the kitchen lamp! Still waiting for the
Estheria and
Dexia.. I also havenīt seen any
Sturmia bella yet... strange? Most of the stuff I havenīt looked through yet, just curious with the large ones.
Posted by ChrisR on 07-08-2010 23:45
#7
Yes, no
S.bella here yet either ... plenty of
Dinera grisescens earlier on one site ... tons of
Eriothrix rufomaculata &
Exorista rustica everywhere ... a few
Eurithia consobrina &
Phasia hemiptera ... and the best so far is
Bithia spreta on the same site as I found it last year :)
Would be nice to see a
Phasia aurigera one day ... they still haven't reached us and I haven't even had any from Europe yet, despite the spread up through Europe. :(
Edited by ChrisR on 07-08-2010 23:46