Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - help with identification
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:23
#1
Hello,
I am keying this out at Emporomyia but i think this genus may have been reclassified?
Captured 2019 in Romania
Details not shown in photos:
body length - 9mm
propleuron hairs - yes
metathorax - membraneous
Thanks for any help in advance :)
Edited by JCobain on 09-01-2022 12:33
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:24
#2
wing
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:24
#3
head - bristles
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:25
#4
tegula/baricosta
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:25
#5
side thorax
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:26
#6
scutellum
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:26
#7
wing vien R4/5 bristles
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:29
#8
vein R4/5
Edited by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:29
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:30
#9
ocellar bristles
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:31
#10
notopleuron/pre-alar
Edited by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:31
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:32
#11
humeral callus
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:33
#12
face - frontal view
Edited by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:33
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:34
#13
eye
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:34
#14
antennae
Posted by JCobain on 19-12-2021 13:35
#15
abdomen
Posted by Zeegers on 19-12-2021 19:39
#16
Forget about Emporomyia !!
It is very rare.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 20-12-2021 15:13
#17
A useful character to check, no matter what key you use, is the strength of the pre-alar (first postsutural supra-alar) bristle. If it is clearly stronger than the dorsocentrals and notopleurals, and the antennae are of normal form, you most likely have what has been called the "vast central mass" of Tachinidae: the Goniini and Eryciini, which are externally indistinguishable. (Maybe the Ethillini too; they are quite rare in America.) The Tachinini have a strong pre-alar but different antennae.
Posted by JCobain on 09-01-2022 12:55
#18
John Carr wrote:
A useful character to check, no matter what key you use, is the strength of the pre-alar (first postsutural supra-alar) bristle. If it is clearly stronger than the dorsocentrals and notopleurals, and the antennae are of normal form, you most likely have what has been called the "vast central mass" of Tachinidae: the Goniini and Eryciini, which are externally indistinguishable. (Maybe the Ethillini too; they are quite rare in America.) The Tachinini have a strong pre-alar but different antennae.
Thanks a lot for your comments, John