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 Tachinidae or Sarcophagidae ?
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-05-2007 18:34
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
This fly first looks like a tachinid, but I suspect it could be Nyctia halterata of the sarcophagidae. What is the verdict ? Thanks for your help. Size : less than 10 mm - Date : May 01 2007 - near Paris (woodland). Regards. Stephane Lebrun attached the following image:  [109.65Kb] Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 18-05-2007 18:37 Stephane. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-05-2007 18:37
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I think it's Nyctia halterata (Sarcophagidae)  |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-05-2007 18:55
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Hey Chris, you're as swift as an arrow. Thank you very much. A question : may I consider the wing spine at Sc level as a clue or can we find it on tachinidae ? Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 18-05-2007 18:58 Stephane. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-05-2007 19:22
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Forget the question, I just have seen this wing spine on many dark tachinidae on your web site. So I think the hairy arista is the best clue (when it's visible)... Thanks again. Greetings. Stephane. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-05-2007 19:58
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Some tachinids have a hairy arista too ... but really splitting the calyptrates to family level is done on a combination of features and most of the definitive features (eg. subscutellum) are not very clear in the field. You can use rules-of-thumb but really a lot of it depends on just knowing roughly what each family looks like There's no substitute for experience  |
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