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Nowickia sp.
skero74	#1 Posted on 13-10-2009 16:02
Member Location: Linarolo (PV) Italy Posts: 80 Joined: 25.09.09	Bormio SO (Italy), 20/07/2008 May be it a male of Tachina magnicornis? Thanks for your help. Roberto skero74 attached the following image: [136.81Kb] Edited by skero74 on 13-10-2009 18:04


ChrisR	#2 Posted on 13-10-2009 16:04
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	All of the legs are black - so this is a Nowickia sp. Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


skero74	#3 Posted on 13-10-2009 18:03
Member Location: Linarolo (PV) Italy Posts: 80 Joined: 25.09.09	There are these species in northern Italy. Can I found the exact species looking the photo? Nowickia (Nowickia) marklini (Zetterstedt, 1838) (N) Nowickia (Fabriciella) atripalpis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863) (N, S) Nowickia (Fabriciella) ferox (Panzer, 1809) (N, S) Nowickia (Fabriciella) reducta Mesnil, 1970 (N) Nowickia (Fabriciella) rondanii (Giglio-Tos, 1890) (N) Thanks! Roberto


Zeegers	#4 Posted on 13-10-2009 19:49
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18550 Joined: 21.07.04	Yes, and they are all very similar, so impossible to say. Sorry Theo


skero74	#5 Posted on 13-10-2009 21:12
Member Location: Linarolo (PV) Italy Posts: 80 Joined: 25.09.09	Hello Theo, these "Tachinidae" make me crazy


ChrisR	#6 Posted on 13-10-2009 22:06
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Tachinids are lovely!! They just aren't always so easy to identify from photos Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


skero74	#7 Posted on 13-10-2009 23:14
Member Location: Linarolo (PV) Italy Posts: 80 Joined: 25.09.09	ChrisR, you're right. I adore insects, of course, also Tachinidae. I look at them and I try to classify them for hours. Roberto Edited by skero74 on 13-10-2009 23:14


Zeegers	#8 Posted on 14-10-2009 19:59
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18550 Joined: 21.07.04	Tachinidae is - together with Tipulidae - the family with the highest number of species. So don't be surprised about the number of species ! If you want a real disaster, try Anthomyiidae or Phoridae. You will get below 20 % ID from pictures. So, we Tachinid-guys are doing pretty well, in my opinion. Theo


skero74	#9 Posted on 14-10-2009 20:26
Member Location: Linarolo (PV) Italy Posts: 80 Joined: 25.09.09	Zeegers wrote: So, we Tachinid-guys are doing pretty well, in my opinion. Theo I agree.