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 France Tachinidae Xysta holosericea
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| sd |
Posted on 17-06-2012 21:47
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 558 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Fance, Dordogne. Damp clearfell area in deciduous woodland. 4.vi.2012. Size 9mm. On Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy). Ectophasia crassipennis and small Phasia were also present. Xysta holosericea - a robust Phasiinae with few bristles. Jorge posted the first photo on Diptera.info for this species just last month. http://www.dipter...d_id=47574 Steve sd attached the following image:  [119.39Kb] |
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Posted on 17-06-2012 21:48
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Posted on 17-06-2012 21:48
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 558 Joined: 11.10.07 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-06-2012 08:38
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7029 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Show off  very well done though - a really unusual tachinid. Very Phasia x Ectophaia in form.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London, Coordinator for the UK Tachinid Recording Scheme, my Diptera blog |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-06-2012 09:23
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 7391 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The male genitalia are peculiarly asymmetric: you can see this in the second picture Theo |
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