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 Linnaemya sp. (Tachinidae) - my first pinned fly
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 22-09-2008 00:06
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Hi, This is the first fly that I have pinned  . Can you confirm this is Linnaemya? The Tachinidae keys that I know about reach just to the genera. Are there keys reaching the species level? location: Barcelos, Portugal date: 20/09/2008  
Edited by Rui Andrade on 22-09-2008 00:17 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-09-2008 12:27
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Certainly looks like Linnaemyia but I don't think we can go much further - especially in southern Europe.  |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 22-09-2008 20:03
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 Joined: 19.06.07 |
It's a pity. How can I identify tachinids from Portugal? Are there any keys available? Thank you Chris for the help  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-09-2008 20:38
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I would start with the 2 modern works: * The Central European Key (Tschorsnig & Herting, 1994), available in English from my website but doesn't really cover the south of Europe * The Palaearctic key (Tschorsnig & Richter) in the Manual of Palaearctic Diptera, which will take you to genus Theo might know some more
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 22-09-2008 20:49
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you Chris, I already had discovered that two works in your site. I was looking for one that could lead me to the species. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-09-2008 10:26
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Theo might know - but he always says dark Linnaemyia like this are hard to identify, especially in the south. |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 23-09-2008 20:00
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 Joined: 19.06.07 |
I hope Theo knows. A collection with almost no fly identified would have less value. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 23-09-2008 20:21
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18538 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I can be annoying persistent in my opinions. Really need the male genitalia. Theo |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 24-09-2008 18:50
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 Joined: 19.06.07 |
LOL. I want to learn how to extract the genitalia from a fly. Is there any guide on-line showing how to do this? |
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