Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid, the Netherlands
Posted by jck on 17-10-2012 10:05
#1
Is it possible to identify this fly? Apeldoorn, province of Gelderland, the Netherlands, 11 August this year.
James
Posted by jck on 17-10-2012 10:06
#2
Another photo.
Posted by ChrisR on 17-10-2012 13:49
#3
Looks like a male
Meigenia (erect, parallel, apical scutellars) but the photos have been taken from unfortunate angles ;)
Edited by ChrisR on 17-10-2012 13:49
Posted by jck on 17-10-2012 19:12
#4
Thanks Chris. I've got a photo of its bum if that helps....
James
Posted by ChrisR on 17-10-2012 19:18
#5
Hi James - in the
M.mutabilis group the male genitalia is required for an ID so photos seldom work ;)
Posted by jck on 19-10-2012 11:54
#6
Thanks - do I put this in my administration as a definite male Meigenia sp or a possible male Meigenia?
James
Posted by ChrisR on 19-10-2012 12:49
#7
It's a male
Meigenia of the
mutabilis group, in my opinion :)
Posted by jck on 19-10-2012 15:05
#8
Many thanks,
James