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 Australian Tachinidae - Cylindromyia
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 08-04-2014 22:09
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Can anyone suggest a species? Netted. Townsville, Queensland. The second picture is a lateral view of another individual. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [66.12Kb] Edited by Graeme Cocks on 09-04-2014 23:32 |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 08-04-2014 22:10
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
lateral view of a second fly. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [55.72Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-04-2014 23:05
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks very bristly for a syrphid - I wonder whether this might be a tachinid - something like Saralba ocypteroides
Edited by Tony Irwin on 08-04-2014 23:08 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 08-04-2014 23:06
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9847 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Tachinidae. It looks superficially like some Northern Hemisphere Phasiinae, e.g. Cylindromyia. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 09-04-2014 01:49
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Tony and John. Yep mistook a wing fold for a vena spura. Tachinidae looks good. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 09-04-2014 08:05
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18531 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I don't think it is Phasiinae, but rather Blondeliini. A golden yellow Trigonospila, if such a thing exists... Theo |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-04-2014 15:44
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
If you have access to Paramonov, S. J., 1956: A review of the Australian species of Cylindromyia Meigen and Saralba Walker Tachinidae Diptera. Australian Journal of Zoology, 4: 358-375 you may get a species det. But I'm nervous now, 'cos Theo has a habit of pointing out my errors!  Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 09-04-2014 16:46
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18531 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Nasty habit Sorry Tony Theo |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-04-2014 18:41
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
No, good habit No apologies necessary 
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 09-04-2014 20:52
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Tony and Zeegers. No I don't have access to that paper but I note the reference to Cylindromyia. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-04-2014 21:58
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I'll be amazed if it turns out to be anything other than Saralba, but then, being amazed most days is what's great about studying Diptera! 
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but don't see the image in the post.