Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae
Posted by Miudo on 02-11-2019 17:33
#1
Hello fellow dipterists,
I wonder if you can help me identify this hoverfly with yellow-furried eyes.
It was found resting on a scarlet sage (Salvia splendes) leaf. I'm at the southernmost state of Brazil, near Uruguay.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by Miudo on 02-11-2019 18:50
Posted by John Carr on 02-11-2019 17:53
#2
Family Tachinidae.
It must be recognizable based on head structure but I don't know it.
Posted by Miudo on 02-11-2019 18:36
#3
Oh oops, wrong Family...
Thanks, John.
I was checking the Gallery just now and Peleteria ruficornis comes really close.
Posted by John Carr on 02-11-2019 21:25
#4
Miudo wrote:
Oh oops, wrong Family...
Thanks, John.
I was checking the Gallery just now and Peleteria ruficornis comes really close.
It is not
Peleteria which has different antennae. I think it belongs to subfamily Exoristinae.
I have some literature for Tachinidae of Central America and Patagonia, but tropical South America is a big mystery.
Posted by Zeegers on 03-11-2019 08:51
#5
As well known, I am very reluctant to comment on Neotropical Tachinidae due to lack of experience, but in this case, first, second and third impression is Exoristini.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 03-11-2019 13:38
#6
Zeegers wrote:
As well known, I am very reluctant to comment on Neotropical Tachinidae due to lack of experience, but in this case, first, second and third impression is Exoristini.
Theo
I thought the first post-sutural supra-alar was too big, but otherwise it could be Exoristini.