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Tachinidae ?
Moumoule
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Posted on 03-10-2025 17:32
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Hello,

Is it the right familly ? Do you have any idea concerning this fly ?

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos365/big/DSC017171.JPG
MOLINIER Cédric : France : Py : 66360 : 22/07/2025
Altitude : 1049 m - Taille : 5-6 mm
Réf. : 365090

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos365/big/DSC017201.JPG
MOLINIER Cédric : France : Py : 66360 : 22/07/2025
Altitude : 1049 m - Taille : 5-6 mm
Réf. : 365091

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos365/big/DSC0171411.jpg
MOLINIER Cédric : France : Py : 66360 : 22/07/2025
Altitude : 1049 m - Taille : 5-6 mm
Réf. : 365113
 
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Posted on 04-10-2025 17:42
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Maybe Pandelleia (Tachinidae)
 
Moumoule
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Posted on 04-10-2025 18:28
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Muchas gracias Nacho ! Seems to be a very good option ! Maybe the female of the male in the gallery...

Thanks again !
 
John Carr
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The fly in the gallery has the wrong species name. There is no Pandelleia sexmaculata. The checklist of world Tachinidae has two species in Europe which were formerly considered synonyms.

Pandelleia otiorrhynchi Villeneuve, 1922. Europe (W. Europe (France, Germany, Switzerland)).
Pandelleia sexpunctata (Pandellé, 1896). Central Asia (Uzbekistan), Europe (S. Europe (Andorra, Spain), W. Europe (France)), Middle East (Israel), Russia (Eastern Siberia), Transcaucasia.

Edit: I corrected the name in the gallery to sexpunctata.
Edited by John Carr on 05-10-2025 10:15
 
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Moumoule
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Posted on 05-10-2025 01:02
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Ok, thank you very much for your answer John !

I've seen there were many synonyms of Pandelleia sexpunctata but I thought Theo was saying that Peter Tschorsnig told him both species were synonyms in this thread but now it's clear with your explanation !

So, is there a key to separate one from the other or do you know if this fly is Pandelleia sexpunctata or Pandelleia otiorrhynchi as both can apparently be in my area ?

In an old french document from Dr J. Villeneuve, there's a description of Pandelleia alpicola (one of Pandelleia sexpunctata's synonyms) that doesn't match on every point so this one might be Pandelleia otiorrhynchi, what do you think ?
 
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If the synonymy was not published as a new synonym or otherwise communicated to the computers in Ottawa, the checklist may be out of date.

The specimen from which Pandelleia alpicola was described is much darker than the fly in this thread.
 
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Ok, so you think would be wiser to stay at Pandelleia sp. for this one ?
 
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Peter Tschorsnig once informally told me that he considered both species synonymous (of course, only valid at the time he told me).

I have seen the genus only once, so I cannot give an opinion.
But since oversplitting seems more common than overlumping .... Tschorsnig might be right !

Theo
 
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Posted on 20-10-2025 21:51
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Ok, thank you very much for the info Theo. Sorry for the delay...
 
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