Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - 11/08/2011

Posted by Jeroen K on 12-08-2011 00:41
#1

11/08/2011, Klein Schietveld (Brasschaat), Belgium. Could it be some Lydella sp. and is species ID possible? Thanks in advance!

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Posted by ChrisR on 12-08-2011 09:17
#2

Eurithia sp. ... is tergite 5 mainly undusted when looked at from above and behind? Or is it pretty much as dusted as the other tergites? Also, if you can hook-out the genitalia then it would help a lot to see the shape - very distinctive in this genus ;)

Edited by ChrisR on 12-08-2011 09:18

Posted by Jeroen K on 12-08-2011 11:35
#3

Ah, I missed the hairs on the eyes. That's what made me follow the wrong couplet to end up with Lydella. I can see no clear dusting on tergite 5 (see additional picture), so I suppose that makes it E. anthophila? I found it on umbellifers by the way...

Thanks a lot for your help!

Edited by Jeroen K on 12-08-2011 11:39

Posted by ChrisR on 12-08-2011 12:18
#4

It does look like E.anthophila ... and they're common on umbellifers at the moment :)