Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Two Tachinas SE Norway, May 1. 2012
Posted by Tor S on 06-05-2012 08:17
#1
Hi folks.
My friend and I need some experts to see this two Tachina ursina? we found on a trip in SE Norway. The area we were collecting have shown a lots of nice flies and other insects on other visits.
First I post two of mine pics from the T. ursina I collected, and the next pics is from my friends fly.
They do not seems to be the same species, so if some of you will give some feedback we will be happy.
Pic 1 (my fly)
Edited by Tor S on 06-05-2012 08:20
Posted by Tor S on 06-05-2012 08:21
#2
pic 2 (my fly)
Posted by Tor S on 06-05-2012 08:26
#3
Here is my friends Tachina ursina? Pic #3
This one is darker. More brownish and with a different shape of the orange markings on abdomen.
Posted by Tor S on 06-05-2012 08:27
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pic #4
Posted by Tor S on 06-05-2012 08:30
#5
pic #5
Does this band on abdomen 5 justify this fly as a Tachina ursina?
An answer from the experts on this site of this two flies will be nice to have.:)
Edited by Tor S on 06-05-2012 08:35
Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2012 10:09
#6
Yes, that's correct :) Both have a dusted band on the anterior of tergite 5 so they are T.ursina :)
Edited by ChrisR on 06-05-2012 10:10
Posted by Tor S on 06-05-2012 10:28
#7
ChrisR wrote:
Yes, that's correct :) Both have a dusted band on the anterior of tergite 5 so they are T.ursina :)
Hi Chris
In less than 2 hours I got an answer:)
Absolutely fantastic |t
Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2012 10:43
#8
The coloration is slightly variable but
Tachina ursina always has the anterior stripe on tergite 5 and it is usually hairier and earlier than the alternative,
Tachina lurida. There is another species called
T.nigrohirta that looks similar but it is very rare and usually restricted to the area around Czech Republic. But, again, it doesn't have this stripe :)