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 Tachinidae ID --> Lydella sp
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| tristram |
Posted on 26-02-2011 16:52
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1329 Joined: 27.06.10 |
On the edge of heather moorland (altitude 300m) near Guisborough, North Yorkshire, UK, on 2010-08-10.
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| tristram |
Posted on 26-02-2011 16:53
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1329 Joined: 27.06.10 |
And from above.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-02-2011 17:28
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It is shouting "Lydella" at me but I can't find any features that would confirm it ... maybe Theo could comment? 
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 26-02-2011 17:47
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18549 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, correct, you can see the erect apical scutellars in the second pic. The eyes are bare and the scutellum is black, so it can't be Phryxe. I'd say it is a female L. stabulans, but females Lydella are pretty difficult to separate from pic. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-02-2011 18:19
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, the erect apical scutellars were fairly clear ... couldn't see a single hair at the base or r4+5 ... but the bare eyes and 'chin-less' face with wide frons were all making me think Lydella
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| tristram |
Posted on 26-02-2011 18:22
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1329 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Thanks, Chris and Theo, Lydella sp is quite good enough for me! |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-02-2011 18:28
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Just to add some context, Lydella stabulans is one of the commoner summer tachinids in the UK. Lydella grisescens would be a better find but they are hard to split from a photo
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 26-02-2011 20:25
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18549 Joined: 21.07.04 |
If the colours in the picture are any good, this can't be grisescens, this one is much too bluish. Theo |
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but don't see the image in the post.