Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachynidae
Posted by aleix on 29-12-2008 00:58
#1
Hi, does anyone know the id of this Tachynidae?
(I hope I'm not getting wrong with the family...)
The picture was taken last july at Girona (Catalonia) by Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Thanks in advance
Posted by pwalter on 29-12-2008 07:33
#2
Can't help with ID, but there's some fungus on it, on the abdomen. Maybe Entomophtora or related.
Walter
Posted by Zeegers on 29-12-2008 08:49
#3
I agree.
Look at the very dark calyptrae and the bluish tergite 3, this must be Calliphora spec. with some aberration at abdominal tip.
Theo
Posted by aleix on 29-12-2008 09:32
#4
Precisely I though this would be an easy one to id because of the contrasting coloration in the abdomen, I hadn't imagined this was due to fugus infestation! Withouth it it's just another difficult black fly...
Thank you very much!
Aleix