Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Thai Tachina

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-11-2010 18:33
#1
N. Thailand, 1600m, 17.XI

Posted by ChrisR on 18-11-2010 19:16
#2
Wow - that looks like a rather lovely Tachina sp. ... it should be possible to key it out ... looks close to Tachina ursina/lurida group :) In fact it reminds me of a few things in the Moscow collection - how long is the body?

Not saying that your specimen is one of these but here are some examples (courtesy of the Moscow University Zoological Museum):
Tachina ardens
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/tachina-ardens-moscow-museum-2009-07-01-13-14-04.jpg

Tachina jacovlevi
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/tachina-jacovlevi-moscow-museum-2009-07-01-13-11-07.jpg

Tachina stackelbergi
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/tachina-stackelbergi-moscow-museum-2009-07-01-13-06-02.jpg

Tachina amurensis
chrisraper.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/tachina-amurensis-moscow-museum-2009-07-01-13-17-10.jpg

etc... :)
Edited by ChrisR on 18-11-2010 19:31

Posted by Zeegers on 18-11-2010 22:05
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Yes, it is a Tachina subgenus Servillia

Many Oriental species. Need to work on it, and even then...


Theo