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Irresistible fly!
Isidro
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Posted on 29-04-2012 12:48
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 A small long-legged guy, dolichopodid-looking, but with pictured wings, appeared yesterday in my garden, in a shady and moist zone. What it could be?
Thanks!

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 JUST WOW! Isidro caught the fly of the month! Tachinidae or Rhinophoridae, most likely the last ones as I see very small calypters!| COLLECT !
 
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 I wonder if it could be a Plesina sp..
 
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 Hi Jorge! Species please! Thanks!
I see that I was very far from the ID, thinking in dolichopodids.
Certainly the long legs reminds a bit some calyptrates such as Lispe or Estheria.
 
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 Certainly looks like Tachinidae Smile Very nice!
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 Tachinidae - Plesina cf. phalerata.
lucky guy to see such rarity!


The key only shows unpatterned wings for Plesina. http://science.na...ig2008.pdf Yours must be most likely the P. phalerata. Wait for Theo...
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 As far as I can tell phalerata is the only (European) Plesina species with marked wings, claripennis and nigroscutellata have clear wings.
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