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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lovely Black Tachinidae for ID

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 23-03-2012 15:15

Basking in the sun by a flowery area in the outskirts of Madrid on the 19th March 2012. Thanks in advance for any help in ID :)

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 23-03-2012 15:15

Another shot.

Posted by ChrisR on 23-03-2012 15:41

It's one of the Wagneriini but I'm not sure which :)

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 23-03-2012 21:19

Well, Chris, that is a huuuuge step forward ;) Thank you so much! |t

I have done some research and I think it is Wagneria sp. At least it fits the description very well. It has the very long third anthennal segmenet, the very long scutellar sub-apical bristles, and the short erect setae on the scutellum. It can be seen in the attached picture, that I had discarded and fortunately recovered |t

Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 23-03-2012 21:19

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-03-2012 22:34

strange.. i already have written... that this could be possible a Wagneria sp. but the message disappeared. Well maybe I just forgot to click the button.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 23-03-2012 22:35

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 23-03-2012 22:48

Great to know that somebody else thinks like me :D

Thanks, Jorge! |t

Posted by ChrisR on 23-03-2012 23:19

Yeah, I was going to suggest Wagneria because it isn't Ramonda and I don't think it is Periscepsia ... and it looks like Wagneria (black) :)