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 Beautiful yellow tachinid
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| pierred |
Posted on 04-11-2007 08:01
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, A member posted following picture on our French forum:  chriscraft : France : 5/7/2007 : Clonas sur Var?ze : 38 altitude non renseign?e - taille : 6 mm ref:26275 So far, the conclusion is that this is a tachinid. Searching in the gallery of diptera.info, I only found three yellow tachinids, two Eliozeta sp. and Leskia aurea. I think the last one should exit because of the colour of the antennas. Eliozeta hello should also exit because antennas are too close. Is my reasoning flawed? Pierre Duhem |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 04-11-2007 08:15
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
This is neither of the two species. This should be Zenillia if I am not mistaken. There are 2 species, which are largely indistinguishable from photos. Another yellowish species within Exoristinae is Senometopia, but it looks somewhat different. This is one of my favorite Tachinids, which I saw only once. Edited by Xespok on 04-11-2007 08:42 Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| pierred |
Posted on 04-11-2007 08:25
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Gabor, Thanks for the pointer to Zenillia. Note that the correct spelling is Zenill_i_a. Your site uses both spellings. Pierre Duhem |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 04-11-2007 08:42
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Thx. The library folder had the typo. It is now corrected.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 04-11-2007 11:06
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19292 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Zenillia is the first thing that crossed by mind. Erycia might be an alternative. Theo |
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| pierred |
Posted on 05-11-2007 07:56
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Theo, Thanks to you too. Zenillia is not quite sure, in this case? Pierre Duhem |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 05-11-2007 13:24
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19292 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Not sure. The head is slightly out of focus, that's why. Theo |
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| pierred |
Posted on 05-11-2007 21:25
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Theo, Thnaks for the confirmation. Pierre Duhem |
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