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Dear All,

Attached is an image of a Tachinid species that regularly emerges from pupae of the criocerine chrysomelid beetle Lema armata, a leaf feeder on Yams (Dioscorea spp.). The fly was reared in Benin, West Africa. I would be greateful for any assistance in the idenfication of this Diptera. Further illustrations of various body parts are following.

Thanks in advance

Georg

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Dear All,

Attached is an image of a Tachinid species that regularly emerges from pupae of the criocerine chrysomelid beetle Lema armata, a leaf feeder on Yams (Dioscorea spp.). The fly was reared in Benin, West Africa. I would be greateful for any assistance in the idenfication of this Diptera. Further illustrations of various body parts are following.

Thanks in advance

Georg

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I am encountering problems with the image submission, sorry

here another trial

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Happy that this time it worked! Below some details of the thorax

Georg

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Here a close up of the head

Georg

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Here a focus on the left wing

Georg

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the abdomen....

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.... and lastly a lateral view of the thorax.

Thanks for any assistance

Georg

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Dear Georg

This is an interesting find ! However, IDing Tachinids from pictures takes an awful lot of experience. And there is simply no one on the world with such an experience in Afrotropical Tachinidae.
I can ID the fly for you, but I do need the fly.
So send me an email if you can send the fly.


Theo Zeegers