Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae, Cyzenis?
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| Ramonv |
Posted on 11-05-2013 10:19
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Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 243 Joined: 03.05.13 |
Hello, is this the Phorocera obscura? Deciduous woodland in dunes, west of Holland (Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen), on 10 may. Regards, Ramon Ramonv attached the following image:  [80.68Kb] Edited by Ramonv on 16-05-2013 08:33 |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 13-05-2013 20:29
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
No, probably Cyzenis. Best, Jaakko |
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| Ramonv |
Posted on 16-05-2013 08:32
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Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 243 Joined: 03.05.13 |
Thanks Jaakko; maybe this second photo can help. Ramonv attached the following image:  [74.62Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 16-05-2013 11:41
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19363 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Looks very Blondellini to me (2 prae DC, humeral bristels in a triangle). Oswaldia muscaria comes in mind, which is pretty abundant right now. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-05-2013 12:32
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hmm, yeah I have to agree with Theo, just on gut feeling. Looks quite skinny and blondeliine ... I wish I saw Oswaldia abundantly 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 16-05-2013 17:07
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19363 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Eyes are really bare this time, (? or do I lack the ability to see hairs on eyes of Cyzenis ??) |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 17-05-2013 19:04
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Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Theo´s got it right! O. muscaria is the earlierst, pretty abundant here in Finland too but flies usually in June. Jaakko |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-05-2013 20:08
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Took me ages to spot that Oswaldia have the triangle of bristles on the humeral callus - it isn't mentioned when you key it in Belshaw. It makes an excellent confirmatory feature - as do the yellow halteres
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Ramonv |
Posted on 20-05-2013 10:56
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Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 243 Joined: 03.05.13 |
Thanks! So this is probably O. muscaria, or is it for sure? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 21-05-2013 11:45
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19363 Joined: 21.07.04 |
If Jaakko agrees with me, it is ' beyond reasonable doubt' as sure as it gets from picture Theo |
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