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Gymnosoma rotundatum (Tachinidae)
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Susan R Walter |
Posted on 14-07-2019 20:39
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1799 Joined: 14.01.06 |
For the first time in more than 10 years I've keyed a fly specimen out from scratch. Took me about an hour. After a few setbacks including getting the sex wrong initially and breaking 2 legs off when setting it, I finally got to female Gymnosoma rotundatum. Turns out it's the most widely distributed of the Gymnosoma in France, so the most likely result. Nonetheless, I'm quite pleased with myself. At one point I thought I was going to have to give up at Gymnosoma sp brackets not nitens. My photos aren't very good, so give the impression the frons is entirely black, but in fact it is mostly a reddish brown. So -- anyone want to burst my bubble? :-) Central lowland France. Susan R Walter attached the following image: [88.23Kb] Susan |
Susan R Walter |
Posted on 14-07-2019 20:40
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1799 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Another view.
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Zeegers |
Posted on 15-07-2019 07:08
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18518 Joined: 21.07.04 |
adifficult to judge, either rotundatum or nudifrons. I would need a better view on the frons. Theo |
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Susan R Walter |
Posted on 16-07-2019 19:11
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1799 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Despite a tragic accident, I took some more photos today with a friend's equipment, which is better than mine.
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