Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae: Allophorocera pachystyla, male

Posted by helge on 12-08-2021 12:21
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Slovenia, close to Austria, 2000m asl.

Thank you for your help (Theo?! (;)!

Helge

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Posted by helge on 12-08-2021 12:22
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Posted by helge on 12-08-2021 12:23
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Posted by helge on 12-08-2021 12:23
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Posted by helge on 12-08-2021 12:24
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Posted by Zeegers on 12-08-2021 17:15
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It is possibly a male Clemelis. Notice the small birstles going upwards on the facial ridge.
To confirm (or support) Clemelis: check the abdomen.
There should a a very narrow central longitudinal band on tergites with erect hairs, the hairs adjacent much more recumbent.

Let me know if you have this in your specimen !

Theo

Posted by helge on 17-08-2021 13:29
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Hi Theo, thank you for your detailed answer!
hmm.., I am not sure about the longitudinal band you describe.

Details of the genital might help you?

Helge

Posted by helge on 17-08-2021 13:30
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Posted by helge on 17-08-2021 13:32
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Posted by Zeegers on 18-08-2021 07:55
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Yes, thanks, but I am travelling. It will have to wait.

Theo

Posted by Zeegers on 22-08-2021 15:55
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OK ! So, these genitalia are highly characteristic and therefore a big clue. They resemble Allophorocera ferruginea, which of course is a very yellow species.
But it matches in alle features and in locality with the rarely collected Alpine Allophorocera pachystyla. So that is what it is .

Excellent find, nice work. Possibly / probably the first time its genitalia got illustrated, please submit for the gallery !

Theo

Posted by helge on 23-08-2021 06:49
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Hi Theo, great! Thank you very much for your help and your efforts!!
I will submit it.

Helge