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 Australian Tachinidae
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 23-03-2015 21:49
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Can anyone suggest a genus for this Tachinidae? At light, Townsville, Queensland. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [64.93Kb] |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 23-03-2015 21:50
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [88.04Kb] |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 23-03-2015 21:50
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [86.44Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 24-03-2015 08:17
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18529 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I cries out 'Calliphoridae' to me, but with those antipods you never know. Is the arista plumose ? Did you check the postscutellum ? Theo |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 24-03-2015 19:46
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Yes the arista is plumose. Yes the subscutellum is prominent, in that it has a large surface area and is pushing the scutellum up, but is not bulging. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 24-03-2015 22:14
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18529 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I bet my shoes this is a Calliphorid. The subscutellum in Tachindae should be very convex, as a "swimming band" ( see previous post on that matter). Theo |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 24-03-2015 23:02
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Well that clears it up nicely. I've been calling a lot of stuff tachinid just because of a large subscutellum. I wear one of those swimming bands all the time, can't get rid of it.  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 25-03-2015 13:03
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18529 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Hi Graeme Are you sure you are looking at the right structure ? Theo Zeegers attached the following file: subscutellum.pdf |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 25-03-2015 18:49
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Yep. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 25-03-2015 19:15
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18529 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Great. So I did not grasp your 23:02 posting. Calliiphoridae or Tachinidae (swimband or no swimband, that os the question) Theo |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 25-03-2015 19:33
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
It will be in your box, which will be in the post today. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
