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 Tachinid for ID, N Spain --> Aplomya confinis
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 30-07-2012 21:05
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 1427 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Taken in the outskirts of San Sebastian, N Spain on July the 29th. On Daucus carota. I think it might be Aplomya confinis. Confirmation or correct ID will be most welcome 
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 30-07-2012 21:05
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 1427 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Another view.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-07-2012 21:51
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7029 Joined: 12.07.04 |
That's an excellent identification - that was my first guess too  They usually look like a Phryxe (hairy eyes, orange scutellum with raised, crossed apicals) but they do not have median dorsals on the tergites. This looks male because it has the glossy tergite 5, which is much shorter than tergite 4
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 30-07-2012 22:24
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 1427 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thank you sooooo much, Chris!! Not only for the confirmation but also for all the other information  It was the length of T5 what made me suspect of Aplomya confinis but I didn't know about the median dorsals on tergites. That is great information for me |
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