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 Nowickia, not Tachina magnicornis
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| Sundew |
Posted on 23-07-2008 22:30
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Today I saw a quite colourful Tachina that, according to black legs and dark mark broadening towards the abdominal tip should be T. magnicornis. However, it has a black scutellum and very bristly legs. Is this within the limits of variation, or does it point to a subspecies or even a related species (I don't know any, however)? Thanks for information, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [174.93Kb] Edited by Sundew on 24-07-2008 10:03 |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 23-07-2008 22:36
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
just a guess maybe Novickia? just a guess don't throw with rocks  cosmln |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-07-2008 22:48
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Nowickia is correct  Black legs & antennae are the clue and the whole colour-scheme is more 'contrasty' than Tachina spp. (brighter orange and darker blacks) |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 23-07-2008 23:17
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Chris Raper wrote: Nowickia is correct Black legs & antennae are the clue and the whole colour-scheme is more 'contrasty' than Tachina spp. (brighter orange and darker blacks)hihi i'm so good... just missed a letter cosmln |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 24-07-2008 10:01
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
You are both great - and a little bit I'm too, for I somehow doubted my own Tachina ID (without knowing that there is this superficially quite similar genus). Many thanks, Sundew |
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