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Two different Cylindromyias (Tachinidae)? (14.09.21) --> C. brassicaria group
Juergen Peters
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Hello,

two years ago I had my first encounter with the genus Cylindromyia here (northwest Germany), two individuals in about 2 weeks. They were identified by Theo Zeegers as Cylindromyia brassicaria.

Yesterday I found the genus again on camomile flowers next to a path between acres. Length about 10 mm.
It was conspicuous, that one individual had a continuous stripe on its abdomen, the other not. Different species, a gender difference or simple variation?

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Hallo Jürgen, the other one - with continuous stripe - has no discals: C. Pusilla?
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eklans wrote:
the other one - with continuous stripe - has no discals: C. Pusilla?


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Both have basal scutellar bristles so both are males in the brassicaria group. Much too vig for pusilla.

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Thanks, Theo!

Zeegers wrote:
Much too big for pusilla.


the second one may have been a little bit smaller, but not strikingly.
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Still, the wing venation and the arista contradicts pusilla.


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