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Ethiopia. Gonia?
Nikita Vikhrev
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Posted on 21-03-2012 17:42
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Ethiopia, Bale Mt., Goba, 2700m asl
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Yes to Gonia and there is only one widespread species in Africa -
bimaculata

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Thank you, Steve!
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Nice photo - well done! Smile To echo your post - I too saw Gonia today in England - but Gonia picea Grin
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Chris, I was especially impressed by the fact that I observe Gonia at 7N ! Gonia isn't an equatorial genus, isn't it?!
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It's a very widely spread genus actually - according to Jim O'Hara's list of world tachinid genera it is found in all of the geographic zones. I have one from French Guiana so they probably do exist right on the Equator, but they are never really common and I think you just have to be lucky to stumble upon a colony. Where they occur they can be locally common. Smile
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