Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae (Minthodes picta)
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| christoophe |
Posted on 01-02-2017 09:57
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 Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
Hello Collected in the Alps in August. I think of Loewia but it corresponds to no species. I doubt the family nevertheless the subscutellum is present. pic 1 christoophe attached the following image:  [179.04Kb] Edited by christoophe on 07-02-2017 19:05 |
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| christoophe |
Posted on 01-02-2017 09:57
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
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| christoophe |
Posted on 01-02-2017 09:58
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 01-02-2017 14:16
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19206 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree. Looks like Stevia at first sight, but is Tachinidae. Deos not look look like Loewia. Need to think about this. Theo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 01-02-2017 14:25
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19206 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes it is either an absurd Zeuxia (check the lappets of the posterior thoracic spiracle !) or an interesting Loewia. In the latter case, might be one of the very rare alpine species. Very promising ! Collected > 1500 m. ? Theo |
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| christoophe |
Posted on 01-02-2017 17:32
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 1995 Joined: 06.02.08 |
Collected at 1700 m. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-02-2017 17:38
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19206 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I could study a specimen, thank to Christoophe, and we were dead wrong. It is the male of Minthodes picta (could have fooled me !) This species usually lacks reddish markings on the abdomen, which makes it pretty difficult to recognize it as Minthoini from picture. The antenna, of course, did not look like Loewia. Also a boreo-alpine species and still very interesting. Theo |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 07-02-2017 21:51
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10527 Joined: 22.10.10 |
In hindsight I should have noticed the reduced number of acrostichals. Our Minthoini rarely have red. One species has a long petiole and was once included in a key to Wagneria because it was so often mistaken for one. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 08-02-2017 08:42
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19206 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Clearly, next time we will be ready for this species ! Sorry for the Palaearctic focus, my knowledge of Nearctic Tachinidae is - to say it politely - incomplete. Theo |
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