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 tachinidish-looking Anthomyiid or Muscid?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 19-07-2010 23:06
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Hi, This small fly is quite a mystery to me. I saw two of them on inflorescences of wild carrot today. By habit, especially antennae, I guessed Tachinidae, but the wing venation does not match. It would rather point to an Anthomyiid, if not Muscid. I am helpless... Please release me from that state! Many thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [151.18Kb] Edited by Sundew on 20-07-2010 10:42 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 19-07-2010 23:06
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
More pics.
Sundew attached the following image:  [155.96Kb] |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 19-07-2010 23:44
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Not Anthomyiidae I think Tachinidae Paracraspedothrix cf.montivaga.......? Joke |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-07-2010 23:56
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Looks like an Actia to me (hairy r1(?), r4+5 & cu) ... at least certainly a siphoniine 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 19-07-2010 23:59
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Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
Tachinidae....terrible  Joke  |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 20-07-2010 00:07
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 305 Joined: 16.04.05 |
Actia lamia Liekele |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 20-07-2010 10:44
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Wow - great! So the tachinidish facial expression rules out the non-bent m vein ! Many thanks to you all! |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-07-2010 12:43
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Sundew wrote: Wow - great! So the tachinidish facial expression rules out the non-bent m vein !Ahh, yeah ... funny I didn't spot something that obvious - a classic indicator of A.lamia ... I was making it more difficult that it was ... doh!!
Edited by ChrisR on 20-07-2010 12:44 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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