Posted by Xeroporcellio on 23-09-2023 19:33
#1
Hello,
This Tachinidae specimen was collected in 01/03/2023 in Attica, Greece by my colleague. I tried to key it out at genus using Moschweb and, based on the inputting characters, it turned out as
Nilea sp. However, I checked the known species of the genus for Europe and none seems to match. So, I believe that I have input something wrong in the matrix. Below, I provide photos of the specimen and the input I used in Moschweb. I'd value your opinion on its true identity and what character you think I chose wrong.
Thanks!
Moschweb input:
(1) EYE
-Eye pubescent; with hairs, generally abundant, longer than the diameter of 3 eye facets
(14) PARAFACIAL SETAE
-parafacial entirely bare below lowest frontal seta
(18) SETAE OF FACIAL RIDGE
-... with setae on approx. 2/3 or more of its length
(24) VENTRAL PART OF OCCIPUT
-postero ventral part of head with a majority of white, yellowish, red or light brown hairs
(27) COLOUR OF ANTENNAL PEDICEL
-pedicel black or uniformly dark brown
(31) PUBESCENCE OF ARISTA
-arista apparently bare; if pubescent, then hairs at most reaching length of basal diameter of arista
(37) COLOUR OF PALPUS
-black or dark brown
(40) PROSTERNAL SETULAE
-prosternum with at least one pair of setulae on lateral margin
(48) SUPRAALAR SETAE
-first postsutural supra-alar seta longer than notopleural setae and longer and stronger than first postsutural intra-alar seta
(49) KATEPISTERNAL SETAE
-three ...
(52) SCUTELLUM COLOUR
-scutellum mainly red or yellowish
(56) APICAL SCUTELLAR SETAE
-apical setae crossed, horizontal or tilted upwards by at most 30°
(64) WING COLOUR
-wing membrane unpatterned: hyaline, whitish or slightly darkened
(66) BASICOSTA COLOUR
-black or dark brown
(72) VEIN CuA1
-vein CuA1 bare
(78) PETIOLE [STALK]
-cell r4+5 open [or vein m not reaching wing margin]
(82) MID TIBIA
-... with five or more anterodorsal setae
(93) MEDIAN DISCAL SETAE ON TERGITES 3 AND 4
-tergites 3 and 4 with median discal setae