Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae? (Hong Kong)
Posted by blackdogto on 24-10-2011 01:58
#1
Host: larva of butterfly
Zizeeria karsandra
Posted by blackdogto on 24-10-2011 02:00
#2
Pupa on 14 Oct 2011
length: 4mm
Adult emerge on 23 Oct 2011 (9 days)
Posted by blackdogto on 24-10-2011 02:00
#3
Another view
Posted by blackdogto on 24-10-2011 02:01
#4
Side view
Posted by blackdogto on 24-10-2011 02:01
#5
Ventral view
Posted by ChrisR on 24-10-2011 09:19
#6
It's a nice fly (big eyes but doesn't look like
Carcelia) - but I'd need to key it to get a name :)
Posted by Zeegers on 26-10-2011 20:09
#7
That is a Tachinid and it is not a Carcelia.
Would need the specimen to say more
Theo
Posted by Jaakko on 28-10-2011 21:19
#8
Exoristinae, might even be
Exorista? Crosskey lists only
Aplomya from Lycaenid hosts from the Orient. But this is old (1976) news!
Posted by Zeegers on 26-05-2012 18:27
#9
Well Jaakko, excellent observation!
I saw the specimen 'life' today and it is...
Aplomyia metallica
Theo