Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachiniidae

Posted by Zeegers on 14-05-2006 10:13
#7

There should be bristles on the facial ridge, not clear on the picture.
Given the large male genitalia and the clear fold coming out of the bend of vein M, this can only be Phorocera.
Since the scutellum is dark, it is a male of Ph. obscura.
Very common spring species in deciduous forests

Theo