Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tachnidae N?3 ?
Posted by guenille on 06-07-2007 07:57
#1
Near Paris
july 4th,2007 - 15h50
7mm
Lot of thanks
Edith
Posted by ChrisR on 06-07-2007 10:16
#2
Certainly looks like a tachinid and with the strong facial ridge bristles & complete marginals on T4 & T5 it should be fairly distinctive but I don't recognise it myself and I would need a clearer photo (or a specimen) to be able to key it out. :)
Edited by ChrisR on 06-07-2007 10:17
Posted by guenille on 06-07-2007 17:16
#3
I can't do better. Is it enough ?
Posted by ChrisR on 06-07-2007 18:37
#4
Not enough for me to get an ID but maybe Theo Zeegers will have an opinion when he is back :)
Posted by Zeegers on 13-07-2007 21:28
#5
Metopia (Miltogramminae), either a female or a male M. campestris/grandii. Somehow, I've got the impression it's a male.
More Liekele's department.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 20-07-2007 15:57
#6
I can not see any ocellar bristles, which should be there in case of Metopia campestris/grandii. But picture is not good enough to conclude that ocellar bristles are absent.
I agree with Theo this seems to be a male.
Furthermore t2 has a median ventral bristle.
In that case it should be a male of Metopia campestris.
Liekele