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Tachindae - Ocytata pallipes
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hedy2411 |
Posted on 01-01-2011 17:38
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Member Location: Zeist, Holland Posts: 5232 Joined: 20.11.09 |
Can this fly be named...? Picture is made 27-5-2010 in Zeist, Holland hedy2411 attached the following image: ![]() [100.12Kb] Edited by hedy2411 on 12-10-2011 22:31 |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 01-01-2011 17:41
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18616 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Ocytata pallipes Unmistakable: the apical crossvein is missing. One of the very few parasitoids of Dermaptera (Oorwomen) Theo |
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hedy2411 |
Posted on 01-01-2011 17:48
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Member Location: Zeist, Holland Posts: 5232 Joined: 20.11.09 |
OK, amazing.... To me it looks like a lady and to you...? Regards, Hedy |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 01-01-2011 17:50
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![]() Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yeah, looks like female Ocytata to me ![]() Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
hedy2411 |
Posted on 01-01-2011 17:53
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Member Location: Zeist, Holland Posts: 5232 Joined: 20.11.09 |
Thanks Theo and Chris!! It's the first picture in our Dutch insectlist (www.waarneming.nl), so that's special! Regards, Hedy Edited by hedy2411 on 01-01-2011 17:59 |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 01-01-2011 20:30
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18616 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I'm not so sure about the sex. Sure, it has 2 pairs of proclinate orbital setae, but Ocytata is one of the exceptions where both sexes have these bristles. The abdominal tip looks feminine, but the male genitalia are pretty small in Ocytata. Theo |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 01-01-2011 20:44
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![]() Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Tiny pulvilli and wide frons too ... but I must admit to not being very familiar with Ocytata ... I didn't catch one for a few years ![]() Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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