Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae from my garden

Posted by ChrisR on 07-08-2010 13:11
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The specimen has arrived but it got a bit bedraggled/dirty in transit so I am washing it in ethyl-acetate to remove any grease etc. So far though I am not really convinced that it is L.thompsoni ... antenna-3 seems to be about 2x antenna-2 and the median vein between m-cu and the bend is definitely shorter than the distance from the bend to the nearest piece of wing-margin, which would all point to L.stabulans but when I get it cleaned and mounted properly I will test the facial-ridge shape and dusting features :)