Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae from Beret - Pyrynees - Rhamphina pedemontana!

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 12:25
#1
Hi


I caught this fantastic Tachinidae with a very long proboscis, but it is not clearly a Prosena siberita. I thought in Rhamphina but it seems that is not ones... it has golden dust (very soft) and the abdomen with very strong pair of bristles in each tergite... So what is this beauty?
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 15:44

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 12:30
#2
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Posted by ChrisR on 14-08-2011 14:58
#3
Very nice fly - I've never seen anything like it before :) Looks like Dexiinae to me so maybe close to Prosena.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 15:12
#4
Hope Theo can tell the genus of this one. I will put photos later.

Posted by ChrisR on 14-08-2011 15:14
#5
Is the arista plumose? Looks bare ... so not like Prosena :S

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 15:15
#6
it is bare.

Posted by Zeegers on 14-08-2011 15:34
#7
Except for its colour, it seems to agree with Rhamphina pedemontana, so my guess is it might be just that or veryclose.
Amazing fly !


Theo

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 15:43
#8
WOW! :)
Many thanks, Theo!!! And also to Rámon to take us to Beret!

Posted by ChrisR on 14-08-2011 15:59
#9
Yes, if it was black I would say that it is close to the R.pedemontanum I have here ... but they are not even the slightest bit red ... has anyone seen Rhamphina rectirostris?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 16:08
#10
taken with xperia mini.

The habitat for Rhamphina. Amazing place!

Posted by ChrisR on 14-08-2011 16:33
#11
That's superb habitat ... reminds me of where I caught Rhamphina on the French side of the Pyrennes, years ago :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 16:48
#12
yes, Chris. And we were in more fantastic places full of Umbelliferae, but with fewer flies feeding on them than expected due the scarcity of the rain. :(

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 21:27
#13
According to the Mesnil's description mine Rhamphina shows a female specimen. For a male specimen go here:
http://www.dipter...d_id=33128
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 21:28