Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae
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| Michael Becker |
Posted on 04-05-2007 21:22
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Member Location: Germany, Neuss Posts: 1268 Joined: 16.01.07 |
Hello, can something be said about this tachinid? (Genus or species perhaps?) (Found in germany, size about 8mm) Thanks, Michael Michael Becker attached the following image:  [84.95Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-05-2007 09:34
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks a bit like Thelaira solivaga, but do you have any different angles? Perhaps a shot taken from the side? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 05-05-2007 12:17
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It's a Thelaira indeed, either nigripes or solivaga Theo Zeegers |
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| Michael Becker |
Posted on 05-05-2007 20:56
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Member Location: Germany, Neuss Posts: 1268 Joined: 16.01.07 |
Hello, unfortunately I don't have another picture. All pictures of Thelaira I found in the net show flies with black and gray patterns. This one has those very orange colored sides. Is Thelaira so variable? Michael |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-05-2007 01:02
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
The colour of the abdomen is very variable  Actually the other key features are also variable but if you have 'typical' specimens then it is usually possible to arrive at a fairly confident identification  |
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| Michael Becker |
Posted on 06-05-2007 05:58
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Member Location: Germany, Neuss Posts: 1268 Joined: 16.01.07 |
Ok, thank you for your replies. I will put the fly into the directory Thelaira spec.. I thought it was a nice fly with those grey stripes on the side of the neck. My wife did not want to look at it... Michael |
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