Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Black fly (Tachinidae ?)
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| Pietro |
Posted on 03-05-2011 21:59
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Member Location: Alghero Sardinia Italy Posts: 973 Joined: 16.09.06 |
Alghero, Sardinia 01/05/2011 dimensions: around 6 mm. I have the fly in alcohol Pietro attached the following image:  [120.48Kb] Ciao Pietro |
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| Pietro |
Posted on 03-05-2011 22:00
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Member Location: Alghero Sardinia Italy Posts: 973 Joined: 16.09.06 |
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| Pietro |
Posted on 03-05-2011 22:01
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Member Location: Alghero Sardinia Italy Posts: 973 Joined: 16.09.06 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-05-2011 22:18
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Rhinophoridae I think ... maybe
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 04-05-2011 01:13
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 305 Joined: 16.04.05 |
Postscutellum is clearly visible. Calyptera large, not Rhinophorid-like. So this must be a Tachinid. I think this might be Loewia. Liekele |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 04-05-2011 08:35
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19255 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree Loewia is a very tricky genus with possibly undescribed species from the Mediterrean, so I'd need the specimen to say more. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 04-05-2011 10:11
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Wow ... are Loewia ever common wherever they occur in their range? I hardly ever see records for them and have never caught on in the field.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 04-05-2011 15:36
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
ChrisR wrote: Wow ... are Loewia ever common wherever they occur in their range? I hardly ever see records for them and have never caught on in the field. To my experience the northern species are predominantly found in wooded habitats where people seldomly collect Tachinids. They can be numerous in malaise traps. I´ve found L. foeda also in gardens and indoors (basement window). I think they are all around where the centipede hosts are, just difficult to observe. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 04-05-2011 15:44
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Records are very rare here for all 3 species on our list  I feel that there must be more to it than needing forest habitat because we have plenty of that and it is fairly well collected.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Pietro |
Posted on 04-05-2011 16:15
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Member Location: Alghero Sardinia Italy Posts: 973 Joined: 16.09.06 |
Thanks, it could be a Loewia rondanii (endemic in Sardinia and Corsica), only Loewia signalled in the island. Theo, con you send me for PM your address in order to send you the specimen? Ciao Pietro |
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