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 Ligeria angusticornis
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| jeremyr |
Posted on 19-07-2014 11:27
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 Member Location: Tottenham Posts: 577 Joined: 18.05.12 |
This certainly looked like a tachinid on the flower, I thought it might be the smaller Dufouria, but I released it as soon as I saw the big petiole and squarish bend in the median vein. The antennae seem rather large for a Rhinophorid though. Can anything be made out from these blurry images thanks, Jeremy jeremyr attached the following image:  [109.62Kb] Edited by jeremyr on 30-08-2014 03:51 |
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| jeremyr |
Posted on 19-07-2014 11:28
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Member Location: Tottenham Posts: 577 Joined: 18.05.12 |
captured fly
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| jeremyr |
Posted on 19-07-2014 11:28
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Member Location: Tottenham Posts: 577 Joined: 18.05.12 |
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| jeremyr |
Posted on 19-07-2014 11:29
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| jeremyr |
Posted on 19-07-2014 11:30
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-07-2014 12:10
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18532 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Well, I have seen worse pictures ! It is LIgeria angusticornis. I disagree with your observation on the bend of vein M, it is gently curved from a Tachinidae point of view. The length of petiole , colour of palpus and overall black colouration fixes already LIgeria as genus according to Moschweb. The thickening of the arista, length of thrid antennal segment and width of vertex support this view. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-07-2014 16:33
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Excellent record too - not a common species by any means  I suppose we can also add that if it were a rhinophorid we'd expect it to have smaller calyptrae that stand-off from the scutellum and a head with a smaller, more sloping side profile.
Edited by ChrisR on 19-07-2014 16:47 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jeremyr |
Posted on 19-07-2014 17:32
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Member Location: Tottenham Posts: 577 Joined: 18.05.12 |
oh dear. Oh well, at least it's identifiable then. I went back to try and find it again today but all I found was a bunch of Cistogaster And an odd Sarco thing which I'll post. i'll keep looking for it again though |
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| andrewsi |
Posted on 19-07-2014 18:28
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Member Location: Pocklington UK Posts: 216 Joined: 15.08.09 |
I went back to try and find it again today but all I found was a bunch of Cistogaster My heart bleeds...Spare a thought for us up north, Jeremy!  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-07-2014 19:21
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yeah, Matt has seen Cistogaster this year but I have dipped every time
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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