Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina grossa/magna? -> T. grossa
Posted by paqui on 28-08-2010 21:50
#1
Hi it seems T. grossa to me, but i have no keys (and no description) for T. magna (link to this (cut but not reduced) and other views
http://www.biodiv...27844.html)
Picture taken by Esperança Alomar
- In Salamanca (Central Spain), 840m
- Oak wood (in a Lepidoptera larva, but grown :)
- 30. may'10
Thanks again
Edited by paqui on 28-08-2010 23:19
Posted by ChrisR on 28-08-2010 22:25
#2
I think it is
T.grossa ... this is
T.magna (courtesy Zoological Museum of the University of Moscow):
Posted by paqui on 28-08-2010 23:14
#3
Thank you very much :)
Posted by ChrisR on 28-08-2010 23:20
#4
Just checked ... for
grossa vs
magna the difference basically comes down to: black calyptrae =
grossa OR white/yellow calyptrae =
magna ... I think the fly in your photos has black :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 28-08-2010 23:55
#5
yep. I agree with Chris. T. grossa. I only found one last year.
Posted by paqui on 29-08-2010 18:21
#6
Hi, i saw pics of T. magna and i saw it more reddish but i didn´t want to confirm species ignoring how keys really differ them, intraespecific variability has confused me before and i don´t trust my "bare eye's opinion" but keys/descriptions
Thanks again