Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachina fera ?
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| pierred |
Posted on 01-05-2006 07:49
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Hello, I think this is Tachina fera, but I'm not quite sure. Any comments welcome. pierred attached the following image:  [167.71Kb] Edited by pierred on 01-05-2006 07:50 Pierre Duhem |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 01-05-2006 08:30
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It does look rather like T.fera, though I know there are some alterntives in mainland Europe. Was this photo taken around Paris - and recently? |
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| pierred |
Posted on 01-05-2006 17:46
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Chris Raper wrote: It does look rather like T.fera, though I know there are some alterntives in mainland Europe. Was this photo taken around Paris - and recently? Yes, Paris, last week. Pierre Duhem |
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| pierred |
Posted on 05-05-2006 20:32
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Chris, (or somebody else) Can you confirm T. fera ? TIA Pierre Duhem |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-05-2006 21:11
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I'd say it is most likely to be T.fera ... in England I would say 100% sure but in Europe there is T.magnicornis and I'd have to defer to Theo to eliminate that as a possibility  |
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| pierred |
Posted on 05-05-2006 22:34
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Chris, Thanks. Let's wait for Theo. Edited by pierred on 06-05-2006 06:16 Pierre Duhem |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-05-2006 09:29
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T. fera and magnicornis can be very difficult to separate, although most specimens are no problem. Let's start to see that this is a female: third antennal segment relatively slender and pulvilli shorter (difficult to see: out of focus). The tarsi are orange, the third antennal segment is largely orange, the black abdominal vitta is tapering towards abdominal tip: all features of T. fera. So I have no doubt this is T. fera Theo |
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| pierred |
Posted on 07-05-2006 16:20
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Theo, Zeegers wrote: T. fera and magnicornis can be very difficult to separate, although most specimens are no problem. Let's start to see that this is a female: third antennal segment relatively slender and pulvilli shorter (difficult to see: out of focus). The tarsi are orange, the third antennal segment is largely orange, the black abdominal vitta is tapering towards abdominal tip: all features of T. fera. So I have no doubt this is T. fera Thanks a lot. Pierre Duhem |
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