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Lovely tachinid Goniini - Gonia vacua
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Posted on 24-03-2008 18:33
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Hi


Today I found this beauty. One of my fave tribes in Tachinidar. Goniini.

Found in lunch time,in a cloudy day and about 16 ?C.
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another photo of this beauty!
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Gonia cf. vacua?
 
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Gonia are very difficult.
I can't see the abdominal tip, somehow I doubt vacua.
Could be male distinguenda, but not sure.

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I should upload before, but I didn't have much more time, that's why I will put this night I will have some spare time to upload the photos I took.
 
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other photo. I hope this helps to determine the species.
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Ok, it is vacua indeed, you were correct in the beginning.


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thanks.

we have Gonia:

atra Meigen, 1826
bimaculata Wiedemann, 1819
capitata (Degeer, 1776) (18)
distinguenda Herting, 1963
maculipennis Egger, 1862
olgae (Rohdendorf, 1927)
ornata Meigen, 1826
picea (Robineau?Desvoidy, 1830)
quadrisetosa Becker, 1908
umbripennis Herting, 1958
vacua Meigen, 1826
 
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