Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Euthera sp

Posted by Manval on 13-09-2010 18:51
#1

Hello

One month ago i took a photograph of this fly in Crete (Greece)

Is a Euthera sp?

I found it near the one fontain and one carob tree.

Altitude 20m near of the beach.

Thanks

Edited by Manval on 13-10-2013 16:36

Posted by Zeegers on 13-09-2010 19:51
#2

Looks like it.

Could you post a blowup ?

First need to be sure it is a Tachinid


Theo

Posted by Manval on 13-09-2010 20:16
#3

Zeegers wrote:
Looks like it.

Could you post a blowup ?

First need to be sure it is a Tachinid


Theo


Oks no problems Theo

Edited by Manval on 13-09-2010 20:17

Posted by Zeegers on 14-09-2010 19:10
#4

Easy part: genus = Euthera, excellent ID

Difficult part: species.
You'd expect Eu. fascipennis (= manni), since tuckeri is a more tropical species. The best features to separate them are on the head.... so invisible here.
Given the wing venation and my collection, I'd say it is fascipennis.

Theo

Posted by Manval on 15-09-2010 11:12
#5

Zeegers wrote:
Easy part: genus = Euthera, excellent ID

Difficult part: species.
You'd expect Eu. fascipennis (= manni), since tuckeri is a more tropical species. The best features to separate them are on the head.... so invisible here.
Given the wing venation and my collection, I'd say it is fascipennis.

Theo


Thank you very much Theo and i'm sorry, i have (maybe) more that can be a bit better, but.........are all blurred.

Posted by ChrisR on 15-09-2010 11:16
#6

Nice find - I thought that all Euthera spp. were North American but perhaps it did a "Trichopoda" :)