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Tachinidae; which?
Cor Zonneveld	#1 Posted on 28-06-2007 19:22
Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06	I saw this fly in Amstelveen, Holland. It's feeding on Wild Carrot, in a herbaceous grass land. I was thinking about a Tachinid in view of the bristles. But may be that is entirely of the mark. Who can help IDing this fly? Size about 8 mm. Cor Zonneveld attached the following image: [135.03Kb] Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 29-06-2007 09:09 Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld


Susan R Walter	#2 Posted on 28-06-2007 19:59
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Yes, a tachinid - no anthomyiid has a bend in the M vein like that. Can't help you any further though. Susan


ChrisR	#3 Posted on 29-06-2007 00:51
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04	Tachinid for sure - perhaps Solieria sp.? (pale brown with 2 pairs of scutellar bristles)


Cor Zonneveld	#4 Posted on 29-06-2007 09:10
Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06	Is the genus ID solid, or are there alternatives that cannot be ruled out? Can alternatives be ruled out on the basis of a picture? If so, what should be visible? Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld


ChrisR	#5 Posted on 04-07-2007 20:05
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04	Hard for me to say really. In England there wouldn't be many alternatives but I'm not so sure in Europe - and I'd have to try to key the insect through to check if it really is Solieria. But to do that I'd like to see the head/face better and the bristles on the body & legs.


Zeegers	#6 Posted on 13-07-2007 20:24
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19026 Joined: 21.07.04	It's indeed Solieria pacifica. Interesting find, Cor. Mostly restricted to the larger rivers and Zuid-Limburg, in the Netherlands. Theo