Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae, Hungary
Posted by piros on 18-03-2013 20:47
#1
Middle-sized Tachinidae found in Szeged, S. Hungary, on 19.10.12. Is it possible to say something about its ID?
Thanks in advance!
Henrik
Posted by piros on 18-03-2013 20:51
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Posted by piros on 18-03-2013 20:53
#3
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Posted by ChrisR on 19-03-2013 09:27
#4
Looks like a Spallanzania sp. but there are similar alternatives ;)
Posted by piros on 19-03-2013 20:44
#5
Thank you very much, Chris! Could you please list the other alternatives?
Best regards,
Henrik
Posted by ChrisR on 21-03-2013 10:20
#6
Gonia is the obvious one but yours doesn't look like a
Gonia sp. ... I can't remember the others off the top of my head. With a specimen it would be a lot easier to be sure of an ID though.
Edited by ChrisR on 21-03-2013 10:20
Posted by sd on 21-03-2013 11:07
#7
Pseudogonia is another alternative, but I agree with Chris on
Spallanzania. Should be confirmed by arista not having long 2nd segment and by the dark tegula contrasting with the pale basicosta.
regards,
Steve
Posted by piros on 21-03-2013 15:39
#8
Many thanks to both of you! I don't have a good picture of the antenna, but tegula and basicosta look like those in Spallanzania pictures available on the NET (attached enlargement), so I am convinced that this fly is Spallanzania sp. In Hungary, three sp. of Spallanzania are known to occur: S. multisetosa, S. hebes and S. quadrimaculata, the last two being more frequent. Based on these pictures, is it possible to exclude one or two of these?
Thanks again,
Henrik
Edited by piros on 21-03-2013 15:42