Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diptera ID

Posted by droso on 26-05-2009 04:24
#6

Welp, got word from Jim O'Hara, who was very helpful and was able to get an ID even with my crappy photos :D

Tachinid Fly - Cholomyia inaequipes


Here's a picture if anyone is interested.
http://images.goo...N%26um%3D1


From Manual of Nearctic Diptera, thanks Chris.
333. Aristal hairs much longer at base of arista than at apex, arising all around arista (as in Fig. 64). Parafacial with
minute pale hairs. Midleg of male about twice as long as foreleg or hindleg ............................Cholomyia Bigot
1 sp., inaequipes Bigot; eastern and southwestern U.S.A.