Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachina praeceps?
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| Lukasz Mielczarek |
Posted on 05-09-2009 17:03
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Hi, Fly is from Crimean Peninsula,steppe, August 2007. Please confirm me, or not. Lukasz Mielczarek attached the following image:  [68.85Kb] Edited by Lukasz Mielczarek on 05-09-2009 17:06 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-09-2009 17:21
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I think we need a few more angles - would be good to see a clear dorsal shot of the head and abdomen 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Lukasz Mielczarek |
Posted on 05-09-2009 18:09
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Member Location: Poland, Krakow Posts: 498 Joined: 27.09.06 |
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| Lukasz Mielczarek |
Posted on 05-09-2009 18:12
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...and abdomen. Length of fly: about 9mm.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-09-2009 10:01
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hmm, it does look quite convincing - pale hairs ventrally on T2; 2 post-sutural ia etc. Which key did you take it through? I have just run it quickly through Tschorsnig & Herting but of course Crimea is way out of the range of that key. Did you try it through Mesnil in Die Fliegen?
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| Lukasz Mielczarek |
Posted on 06-09-2009 11:28
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Member Location: Poland, Krakow Posts: 498 Joined: 27.09.06 |
I ID it with Tschorsnig and Herting, and I look on in the "Keys to the Insects of the European part of the USSR".in last key the species is in genus Pareudora Wachtl. and mentioned from Crimea. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-09-2009 11:41
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I have had a quick look at Mesnil too and it seems to fit, from what I can see. They key is those pale hairs and 2 post-sutural ia Nice find - I have never caught one myself.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Lukasz Mielczarek |
Posted on 06-09-2009 12:04
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Member Location: Poland, Krakow Posts: 498 Joined: 27.09.06 |
I have been three times on Crimea, and I caught only that one Thank you
Edited by Lukasz Mielczarek on 06-09-2009 12:05 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-09-2009 12:09
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Did you find any other tachinids there?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Lukasz Mielczarek |
Posted on 06-09-2009 13:53
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Member Location: Poland, Krakow Posts: 498 Joined: 27.09.06 |
I take only few, because it's not my favourite family now. I will post one or two more interesting for me. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-09-2009 13:57
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Great - and it must be a very interesting place to collect
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 08-09-2009 20:26
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19230 Joined: 21.07.04 |
This is praeceps, no doubt. Rather common in the south, Crimea apparently qualifies like that. Theo |
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