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 Fly from caves 7 - Tachinidae
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| Andrius |
Posted on 23-05-2011 09:38
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 315 Joined: 27.01.05 |
Hello everyone, especially tachinid fans! This time I have a question for you - what's the name of this tachinid with piercing mouthparts? I hope it is a tachinid indeed  It was caught in one of the caves in Germany, August 2010, size approx. 6 mm. Thank you for suggestions! Andrius Andrius attached the following image:  [108.64Kb] |
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| Andrius |
Posted on 23-05-2011 09:39
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 315 Joined: 27.01.05 |
And the head:
Andrius attached the following image:  [80.47Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-05-2011 09:40
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hard to see much detail but if it has a long, hinged proboscis then it should be a Siphona sp.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Andrius |
Posted on 23-05-2011 10:01
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 315 Joined: 27.01.05 |
Sorry for the quality of pictures... Yes, it has a hinged proboscis, so Siphona it is! Thank you, Chris! |
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| neprisikiski |
Posted on 23-05-2011 15:26
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 876 Joined: 23.02.09 |
Hi Andriau, If it has hairy parafacial (at least with five setulae below the frontal setae) than could be S. geniculata, very common there in the west. Erikas |
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