Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Thuringian Tachinid - Huebneria?
Posted by Sundew on 28-09-2011 00:35
#1
Hi,
This Tachinid is from August 2010 and was seen in Rudolstadt, Thuringia. A rather similar one of this year in the same town was identified as
Huebneria affinis (
http://www.dipter...ost_177923). So is this the same species or did I overlook an important character, and which?
Thanks for help, Sundew
Posted by Sundew on 28-09-2011 00:35
#2
More pics.
Posted by ChrisR on 28-09-2011 09:17
#3
I'd go for
Huebneria - well done :) It looks like
Huebneria in shape & colours but it also has 3 humeral callus bristles in a row and I think I can even see a hair on the hind coxa too, which is a very rare feature on tachinids ;)
Posted by Sundew on 28-09-2011 12:01
#4
Many thanks, Chris, especially for pointing out some decisive characters! If I meet a dark bristly one in the future, I shall first ask to show me the hind coxa :).
Posted by ChrisR on 28-09-2011 15:45
#5
Well, in tachinids it occurs in a few genera, such as
Carcelia ... and it is very hard to see (unless you are lucky) but I think in this case it backs up the overall look of
Huebneria in the photos :)
Posted by Zeegers on 29-09-2011 20:36
#6
The apical scutellar are erect so there is no way this is Carcelia. Moreover, the tibiae are dark (red in nearly all Carcelia).
So Huebneria affinis it is !
Theo
Posted by Sundew on 29-09-2011 21:28
#7
Great - I'll try hard to keep everything in mind! (More than twice I don't want to bother you with the same species - really hope I shall succeed!)