Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 small black Tachinid -> Leucostoma
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-07-2009 00:56
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Yesterday I saw this small black fly on an inflorescence of wild carrot. First I thought of Phania funesta, but the wing venation does not match, as my fly has a distinct petiolus. This recalls either Phasia, which, however, has a different habitus, or Rhinophoridae, but Rhinophora lepida has not such big white calypters. Now I am at my wits' end. Help, please! Many thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [166.84Kb] Edited by Sundew on 13-07-2009 22:18 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-07-2009 00:57
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
More pics.
Sundew attached the following image:  [186.04Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 13-07-2009 08:42
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Leucostoma sp. I saw it recently here too.  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 13-07-2009 08:55
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Grrrrrr - whyyyyyyyyy don't *I* see Leucostoma?!!! LOL
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 13-07-2009 09:00
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
come here to Viseu. I would guide you so you could see Leucostoma, lots of Siphona, lots and lots of Gymnosoma, Cylindromyia and other stuff like Chaetogena, Baumhaeuria, Therobia, etc etc  |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-07-2009 12:50
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Fine - obviously it pays to take a closer look at every small black Tachinid! And Phasiinae is right, too, so wing venation led me in the right direction. - Can we get closer to a species name?
Edited by Sundew on 13-07-2009 12:50 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 13-07-2009 20:13
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19204 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes and no. Leucostoma cannot be IDed from picture. Around Berlin, I'd expect only L. simplex. Theo |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-07-2009 22:16
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
So I'll put it in the gallery as Leucostoma cf. simplex. Many thanks to all of you! |
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