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Tachinidae, ID please!
Isidro
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Posted on 23-07-2014 06:35
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date: 21th July 2014
size: Big one. Maybe about 13-14 mm
location: Saragossa, NE Spain
habitat: Riparian forest, on the trunk of a very old plane tree

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Whauw, a very nice Billaea, something like B. maritima.
If you did not collect it, it is going to be pretty difficult.


Theo
 
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Thanks Theo!
I have an upper view too. It would help?
Species recorded from Iberian Peninsula are:
Billaea adelpha, B. biserialis, B. irrorata, B. lata, B. maritima, B. marmorata, B. pectinata.

Are some of them out of rule? Are some of them more common? Maybe some of them are not found in Saragossa region, or not in the habitat mentioned, or doesn't fly in this time of year?
 
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yes, please, show the dorsal picture.

theo
 
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OK, there is it at original size for more details:

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Edited by Isidro on 24-07-2014 08:15
 
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Billaea maritima was the first thing that came to mine but let's see if Theo refines his first attempt Smile

One problem with not having a specimen is that we are left guessing what it looks like - rather than being able to examine it closely and see what it actually is. Tachinids have some variability and it is still possible to find new undescribed species in Europe but you need to be able to look at genitalia etc to prove it Wink
Edited by ChrisR on 24-07-2014 10:19
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