Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae, Mexico

Posted by paqui on 27-09-2010 17:30
#1

Hi, this picture was taken by Gustavo Martínez (reduced from http://www.biodiv..._id=160787).
Maybe tribe or genera is possible to id? Thanks

- Mexico (city)
- Botanical garden
- 25.sep'10

Posted by rvanderweele on 27-09-2010 18:04
#2

nice job for Chris;-)

Posted by ChrisR on 27-09-2010 19:57
#3

Lovely fly :D

I have spent the last 3 days looking at very similar things, with Monty Wood - the world expert. To me it looks like a species of Epalpus ... but, as ever, it would be nice to see other angles. This group of Epalpus usually have a white mark on the tip of the abdomen :)

Here is one in my collection:
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/bo-tach-02-Bolivia-Martin-Hauser-01.jpg
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/bo-tach-02-Bolivia-Martin-Hauser-02.jpg
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/bo-tach-02-Bolivia-Martin-Hauser-03.jpg

Edited by ChrisR on 27-09-2010 20:07