Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae > Graphogaster vestita. Confirmed.
Posted by Maherjos on 09-06-2012 15:42
#1
Coastal area in southern Spain
Photograph taken on June 09, 2012, in the wetlands of the Suárez Pond, Motril, Granada, Spain.
Immediate area of the Mediterranean coast.
Best regards!
Edited by Maherjos on 12-06-2012 08:32
Posted by Roger Thomason on 09-06-2012 15:55
#2
Tachinidae; Strongygaster sp.?
Posted by Maherjos on 09-06-2012 22:46
#3
Roger Thomason wrote:
Tachinidae; Strongygaster sp.?
Very grateful for their identification.
With your guidance I edit the title.
Best wishes,
José Marín
Posted by ChrisR on 10-06-2012 14:58
#4
Not
Strongygaster - the petiole on this one is too long. I think
Rondania is close but I'd go for
Graphogaster :) Whatever it is, it is very interesting - should have been caught ;)
Edited by ChrisR on 10-06-2012 15:02
Posted by Maherjos on 10-06-2012 17:47
#5
ChrisR wrote:
Not Strongygaster - the petiole on this one is too long. I think Rondania is close but I'd go for Graphogaster :) Whatever it is, it is very interesting - should have been caught ;)
Very grateful, ChrisR. With your guidance I edit the title.
Not captured. I could only take pictures without a lot closer. Then he flew ...
I had never seen before. If I return to find ...
Best regards.
Edited by Maherjos on 10-06-2012 17:47
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 12-06-2012 06:24
#7
I am pretty sure it is a male
Graphogaster vestita ;) It was found last year in Almeria, Chris and Theo IDed it in Diptera.info it and many pictures of it have been taken in the area this year. It is rather characteristic once you know it. It seems to be rather common in SE Spain.
Have a look at this thread:
http://www.dipter...d_id=43187
Great picture! Gallery, please! ;)
Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 12-06-2012 06:40
Posted by Maherjos on 12-06-2012 08:45
#8
Piluca_Alvarez wrote:
I am pretty sure it is a male
Graphogaster vestita ;) It was found last year in Almeria, Chris and Theo IDed it in Diptera.info it and many pictures of it have been taken in the area this year. It is rather characteristic once you know it. It seems to be rather common in SE Spain.
Have a look at this thread:
http://www.dipter...d_id=43187
Great picture! Gallery, please! ;)
Hello Piluca.!
I appreciate your confirmation. It is always my pleasure to add a new copy to my photo gallery.
Very interesting link attached. I had not seen the post.
By the way, Theo says That this species has a strong sexual dimorphism. And ChrisR, on this other,
http://www.dipter...d_id=48080, which may be the female Graphogaster. Could you ask him to see Theo?.
Thanks for everything, Piluca.
Warm regards from southern Spain.
Posted by Zeegers on 15-06-2012 15:05
#9
Graphogaster vestita seems an excellent ID to me. This species is rather common in the south. Otherwise, the genus is rare and more boreo-mountainous.
Theo
Posted by Maherjos on 19-06-2012 12:32
#10
Zeegers wrote:
Graphogaster vestita seems an excellent ID to me. This species is rather common in the south. Otherwise, the genus is rare and more boreo-mountainous.
Theo
Very grateful for your opinion Theo.
And you think this,
http://www.dipter...d_id=48080 could be another female this same species, or has nothing to do with it.?
Best regards.