Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinida anthomyiina
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-02-2011 04:57
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
India, Rajastan, 22.II.2011, 5mm size
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-02-2011 09:58
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Reminds me of a Trigonospila sp. but only because it looks vaguely anthomyid-ish and it had those bands of dusting ... not really scientific enough for a determination  Nice find though 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 23-02-2011 17:30
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19009 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Sometimes non-scientific methods lead to excellent results. Trigonospila is more common / less rare in the Oriental and Australasian regions. Theo |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 24-02-2011 05:16
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Theo & Chris, thank you for genus-level ID. This one, my test, is one of the most handsome Tachinid I ever seen. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 24-02-2011 09:48
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19009 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Crosskey (1976) mentioned only three species for the Oriental, all of them present in the key in Mesnil in Lindner. So we can try to get to species level. Alas, I get a little confused by the black pattern on tergite 4. A closeup lateral of the head and anterior part of the thorax would help. Theo |
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