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 Tachinidae:Entomophaga exoleta
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| EvanKoutsoukos |
Posted on 21-03-2017 18:50
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Member Location: Greece Posts: 250 Joined: 06.01.17 |
Any help with family/genus would be greatly appreciated. Loc: Attica, Greece EvanKoutsoukos attached the following image:  [248.46Kb] Edited by EvanKoutsoukos on 22-03-2017 20:07 |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 21-03-2017 23:11
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9845 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Tachinidae. It reminds me of Siphonini but tergite 4 has discals so it can't be. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 21-03-2017 23:13
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9845 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Triarthria? |
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| EvanKoutsoukos |
Posted on 22-03-2017 08:37
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Member Location: Greece Posts: 250 Joined: 06.01.17 |
Thank you very much! |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 22-03-2017 08:52
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18529 Joined: 21.07.04 |
John got misled by the arista: there are more options for an elongated first aristomere. This is actually the female of Entomophaga exoleta, a very rare species. It is restricted, so far, to sandy areas, is very rare, as said. I have seen material from Crete, Israel and ... a large population just 5 km. from my home ! Koutsoukos, could you please provide more info on the habitat ? Theo |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-03-2017 13:13
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9845 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Zeegers wrote: John got misled by the arista: there are more options for an elongated first aristomere. This is actually the female of Entomophaga exoleta, a very rare species. It is restricted, so far, to sandy areas, is very rare, as said. I have seen material from Crete, Israel and ... a large population just 5 km. from my home ! I thought it looked like Siphonini, but the Central European key says only Goniocera has discals on T3 or T4. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 22-03-2017 15:42
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18529 Joined: 21.07.04 |
OK, I checked my collection: Entomophaga exoleta often has discals. It is a pity the tibia is so out of focus, I cannot tell whether there is one or more ad on mid tibia. But the first aristomere definitely seems elongaged, which exclude pretty much all other Siphonini. Theo |
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| EvanKoutsoukos |
Posted on 22-03-2017 20:13
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Member Location: Greece Posts: 250 Joined: 06.01.17 |
Zeegers wrote: John got misled by the arista: there are more options for an elongated first aristomere. This is actually the female of Entomophaga exoleta, a very rare species. It is restricted, so far, to sandy areas, is very rare, as said. I have seen material from Crete, Israel and ... a large population just 5 km. from my home ! Koutsoukos, could you please provide more info on the habitat ? Theo Thank you very much. A quite interesting one i guess! So, about the habitat: Ecoregion: Phrygana (Garrigue), Date:12/03/2017, Location: Salamis island, Attica,Greece. Altitude: 314m. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
