Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid, no, make that Sarcophagidae, from French Guiana
Posted by Stephen on 28-01-2012 16:54
#1
Tachinidae, right? Showed up at lights, 31 May 2011, Montagne de Kaw, French Guiana.
Thanks for any ID help!
Edited by Stephen on 28-01-2012 18:44
Posted by Jason G on 28-01-2012 17:09
#2
Does it not have a touch of Sarcophagidae, to you? The post-humeral/pre-sutural bristles seem to have the right relationship.
Edited by Jason G on 28-01-2012 17:12
Posted by ChrisR on 28-01-2012 18:03
#3
Looks like a sarcophagid to me too ... 3 black stripes on the thorax, red eyes and an elongate R5 cell usually hint at Sarcophagidae :)
Posted by Stephen on 28-01-2012 18:42
#4
Thank-you, Chris, Jason. I started out thinking Muscoidea and then that little "coronet" of bristles at the insect's rear began to steer me the other way. I thought that sharp bend of the vein. toward the rear of the wing, looked Tachinid-like too. Thanks for setting me straight! I'll chage the title.
Edited by Stephen on 28-01-2012 18:47
Posted by Jason G on 28-01-2012 19:10
#5
If you were to look at just the abdomen then it has a touch of certain Anthomyiidae too! To me, there was something rather Sarcophagid about the laterally-bulging eyes for a female, and the way the frontalia extends longitudinally to that degree beyond the anterior-margin of the eyes.
That said, to arrive at the Sarcophagidae family for it I observed the more well-known pointers!