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Tachinidae, genus?
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Roden |
Posted on 08-02-2016 04:51
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Member Location: Chile Posts: 64 Joined: 19.10.06 |
It is possible to determine the genus? This specimen is from a desert area in the north of Chile .. |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 08-02-2016 08:27
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18472 Joined: 21.07.04 |
A Gonia or alike.... wait for John Theo |
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John Carr |
Posted on 08-02-2016 13:43
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9814 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Possibly Gonia pallens Wiedemann. It is not crassicornis or lineata. I do not have modern literature for South America. I found this species in Aldrich's 1934 review of temperate South American Tachinidae. It is widespread to the north as well. If you have the regional catalog you can check if more species have been described: Guimarães, J. H. 1971. Family Tachinidae (Larvaevoridae). A catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. São Paulo: Vol. 104, 333 pp. |
John Carr |
Posted on 08-02-2016 15:11
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9814 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Recorded hosts of Gonia pallens are in Noctuidae. The hosts are not closely related and it may be a generalist parasitoid of larger Noctuidae. Or it may be a cryptic complex of specialist species. |
Roden |
Posted on 15-02-2016 03:16
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Member Location: Chile Posts: 64 Joined: 19.10.06 |
Thank you, I will try to find that literature. |
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