Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown > Tachinidae? > Rhinophora lepida (Rhinophoridae)
Posted by djo on 12-07-2011 22:34
#1
Photograph taken in July 2011, South East England, in-land rural/horticultural/agricultural environment.
I would appreciate an ID as far as possible (Family would be a great start!) and any advice as to what would have been needed to make a better id (wings, mesonotum, fly-in-hand etc)
Edited by djo on 13-07-2011 10:31
Posted by Sara21392 on 12-07-2011 22:49
#2
Maybe Tachinidae??
Posted by ChrisR on 13-07-2011 00:37
#3
Strange little fly - do you have more angles? Would be nice to see a better dorsal - wing venation etc.
Posted by djo on 13-07-2011 07:52
#4
I happen to have a couple more shots of this one:
Posted by djo on 13-07-2011 07:56
#5
And again, almost identical to shot 1.
To get some scale, it's sitting on ~ Galium aparine. I should perhap have mentioned it was taken right next to a compost heap / pile of Drosophila bait.
Edited by djo on 13-07-2011 07:56
Posted by ChrisR on 13-07-2011 09:10
#6
It would have to be Rhinophoridae or Tachinidae but I'm a bit confused as to exactly which it is :) A good example of why some things just need to be collected to be certain ;)
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 13-07-2011 09:21
#7
This is Rhinophora lepida (Rhinophoridae)
Liekele
Posted by djo on 13-07-2011 09:27
#8
Great! Thanks - can I ask what the biggest clue is? i.e. what is it about the fly that you see first and recognise?
Posted by ChrisR on 13-07-2011 09:47
#9
Argh ... I really should have known that ... but the head just didn't look right to me. Probably because I stopped collecting them and haven't looked at a specimen in ages! :D
Rhinophorids usually have small callyptrae that diverge from the scutellum and they often have a long petiole on the median vein.
R.lepida has yellow halteres and is a small, very common rhinophorid - often seen in gardens :)
Edited by ChrisR on 13-07-2011 09:49
Posted by djo on 13-07-2011 10:30
#10
Thanks!