Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae: Dufouria chalybeata => confirmed
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| PhilC |
Posted on 21-12-2017 00:04
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 Member Location: Essex, UK Posts: 52 Joined: 17.12.13 |
I have keyed out this small (5mm), black, male fly as Dufouria chalybeata. As I have not seen this species before I would be grateful for confirmation. On Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, grazing marsh, south Essex, England, 14 June 2017. PhilC attached the following image:  [162.06Kb] Edited by PhilC on 21-12-2017 10:43 |
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| PhilC |
Posted on 21-12-2017 00:05
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Member Location: Essex, UK Posts: 52 Joined: 17.12.13 |
Scutellum.
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| PhilC |
Posted on 21-12-2017 00:05
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Member Location: Essex, UK Posts: 52 Joined: 17.12.13 |
Head.
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| PhilC |
Posted on 21-12-2017 00:06
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Member Location: Essex, UK Posts: 52 Joined: 17.12.13 |
Vertex.
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 21-12-2017 08:56
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19205 Joined: 21.07.04 |
That is totally OK. Here in western Europe, D. chalybeata is the only species of Dufouria I see. I am always surprised that the old authors all knew nigrita and occlusa, I have never seen the latter and nigrita only from tropical destinations as Mongolia. Theo |
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| PhilC |
Posted on 21-12-2017 10:30
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Member Location: Essex, UK Posts: 52 Joined: 17.12.13 |
Many thanks, Theo. |
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