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today, small one from sandy area. Warsaw PL

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Wow - very interesting - do you have any more angles? :)

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these two:

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second

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thanks for interest!

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Very nice find.
Have a look at the arista: clearly all segments elongated.
Given the short stalk and habitat:

Germaria angustata


Congratulations


Theo

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Wow - that is extremely rare - worth informing Peter Tschorsnig of the location :)

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Thanks! I met this tachinid yesterday (20.06) early afternoon, dimmed sun; it was standing on sandy ground populated densely by various aculeata and their parasites, near a young oak tree. Place was an ancient Vistula valey south of Warsaw between Ursynow and Wilanow. This was a dry site surrounded by wet meadows. The fly was not shy, but possibly flight was impaired because of some damage to wings.

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I will email Peter to draw his attention to this thread :) This species is normally restricted to sandy dune systems along the Baltic coast and is very rare and possible threatened too.

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G. angustata is known from inland sand areas (Kootwijk on the Veluwe, NL), but indeed, very rare.
However, I guess the sand dunes along Wisla river might be quite like seadunes, since the Wisla is a pretty large river.

Mail J. Ziegler, he is reviewing Germaria


Theo

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Done :)

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The place was pretty far from Wisla, some 2-3 kilometers.