Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Pack Forest
Washington State
July 10-12, 2009
Details...

Photos from the 2009 gathering
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Tachinidae » Phasiinae » Xanthomelanodes
Photo#9781
Syrphid or Tachinid? - Xanthomelanodes
Copyright © 2005 Dave Pelletier

Syrphid or Tachinid? - Xanthomelanodes
Connecticut, USA
To me it looks like a syrphid but it seems to hold its wings like some of the tachinids I have seen. Can anyone help?
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Dave Pelletier on 14 January, 2005 - 12:06pm
Last updated 24 May, 2006 - 5:08pm

Tachinidae: Xanthomelanodes s
Tachinidae: Xanthomelanodes sp.
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

No feathered legs
It doesn't seem to be a Trichopoda because it doesn't have feathered legs, despite the resemblance to T. cf. subdivisa in the guide. I am moving it back to family level until we get a more definitive ID.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 July, 2005 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

 
Roger that--another idea
Good point, Beatriz. I was being careless, just looking at patterns and not at anatomy. I poked around Tachinidae at Insects of Cedar Creek in the same subfamily (PHASIINAE) as Trichopoda, and did see one that looks close, so it perhaps should be kept in mind:
Xanthomelanodes

Just a hypothesis.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 6 July, 2005 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

Tachinid, Trichopoda, I think
A tachinid, looks like Trichopoda, probably Trichopoda subdivisa.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 14 January, 2005 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Tachinid
Thanks Patrick. That photo was the one that started turning me away from syrphid. But I wasn't sure.Dave P.
… Dave Pelletier, 14 January, 2005 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact