Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 very bristly grey/black tachinid
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-01-2008 23:46
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Here's another job for the tachinid experts! This one has much more bristles than Nemorilla floralis, and the eyes seem to lack hairs. Locality is again Baltic Island of Usedom, photo taken in August. Sundew (looking forward to ID) Sundew attached the following image:  [140.49Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 11-01-2008 02:23
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
My test: somewhere near Platymya? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 11-01-2008 17:38
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
The steeply angled m-cu vein and down-curved facial bristle mean it should be around Voria ruralis - or maybe Athrycia.  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 11-01-2008 17:52
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19213 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Voria is right (ruralis only species), since discal setae are lacking. Theo |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 11-01-2008 22:27
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
So this is the girl (? - looks fat enough to be female) of the boy of thread http://www.dipter...d_id=10686? I wouldn't have expected that, for he looks much darker and more homogeneous in colour... Also her head bristles seem to be much longer and scrubbier, and her frons is possibly not as dark as his forehead. This is to explain why there are two consecutive threads concerning the same species - sorry. Take it for a friendly provocation... Many thanks! Sundew |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-01-2008 11:00
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19213 Joined: 21.07.04 |
This is indeed a female. The lightning of both series is very different, which makes is impossible in my opinion to really compare the colouration. The head bristles are very difficult to see in the male picture, it nearly fooled me. Voria ruralis is very distinctive, fortunately for us. Theo |
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