Thread subject: Diptera.info :: France Tachinidae Masicera
Posted by sd on 03-09-2012 18:18
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France, Dordogne. Mixed woodland/meadow on limestone
6th June 2012. Size 12mm . (ref# 68)
I think this is a male
Masicera silvatica
-there is only a single outer orbital bristle
Steve
Posted by sd on 03-09-2012 18:19
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Posted by sd on 03-09-2012 18:20
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Posted by Zeegers on 04-09-2012 19:40
#4
Masicera is OK, but the dusting on tergites is too extended for silvativa. Moreover, there is a Sturmia spot. It reaches over to the dorsal side in Masicera (if present) and it is not as articulated as in Sturmia
So this should be M. pavoniae. Very seldomly caught in the field, mostly reared from Saturnia.
Posted by sd on 04-09-2012 20:08
#5
Ok, thanks Theo
Steve
Posted by sd on 05-09-2012 11:41
#6
Now I can see the Sturmia spot on T4 clearly, thank you for the correction. I had wrongly assumed my first and only
Masicera specimen would be the more common
silvatica rather than
pavoniae:)
This one was sitting on foliage, looking almost like a Sarcophagid.
Steve
Posted by sd on 05-09-2012 11:42
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dorsal view of T4 -
Posted by Zeegers on 06-09-2012 18:28
#8
Glad you got the drift !
Theo