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Pipunculidae ? NO! Tachinidae YES!
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Tony T |
Posted on 02-09-2007 15:55
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 663 Joined: 08.02.07 |
1 september 2007, New Brunswick, Canada. Length: 8.5mm Disproportionally large head, bare arista; appears to have a sharp pointed ovipositor Tony T attached the following image: [42.64Kb] Edited by Tony T on 02-09-2007 16:53 |
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Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 02-09-2007 16:24
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9349 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Tachinidae, Phasiinae
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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Kahis |
Posted on 02-09-2007 16:30
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Phasia, I think.
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Tony T |
Posted on 02-09-2007 16:51
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 663 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks; what a varied family; where are the large spines that I though characterized tachinids ? - obviously not here and obviously not a universal feature of the family |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 02-09-2007 17:18
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18822 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Phasiinae are, generally speaking, the atypical Tachinidae (but very typical in itself !), often few bristles, many colours, short forms and then again very elongated ones (Cylindromyia), sometimes even mistaken for a Syrphidae (the next relative to Pipunculidae, just kidding). Hosts are exclusively (with 1 little exception) in Hemiptera. Theo |
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