Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinid (?) from Pietersberg
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 30-01-2008 21:17
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
I found this fly in the extreme southern tip of Holland, on the St-Pietersberg (Dutch 'berg' is 'mountain', which is definitely an overstatement, but everything is relative!) 6 May 2007. It has the looks of a Tachinid. Is it indeed, and is it possible to say which one? Or if not Tachinid, what family is it then? Medium sized fly. Habitat: St-Pietersberg is the remains of a hill, mined for its chalk. So chalk downland (if you call it so, outside England), with bushes bordering the grass land. Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [143.69Kb] Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 30-01-2008 21:32
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Nyctia halterata (Sarcophagidae) ?
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 30-01-2008 21:32
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
I would guess Nyctia halterata (Sarcophagidae)
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 30-01-2008 21:35
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Stephane. |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 30-01-2008 21:49
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Thanks! Bristles alone is not enough for Tachinidhood, obviously...
Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 31-01-2008 19:49
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19261 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Nyctia is one of those naughty things, if you are not familiar with it, you can easily think it is Tachinidae or Rhinophoridae. If you are familiar, it's dead simple. Note, however, that the topcel may be open, closed or even distinctly stalked: all Nyctia halterata. Theo |
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