Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae, S-Hungary, 05.2012

Posted by pwalter on 29-07-2012 18:23
#1

Hi, this 6-7 mm long specimen was found by a friend of mine, Henrik Gyurkovics in S-Hungary. Can anyone help with an ID?

Edited by pwalter on 29-07-2012 18:27

Posted by pwalter on 29-07-2012 18:28
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Posted by pwalter on 29-07-2012 18:39
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Posted by ChrisR on 29-07-2012 18:58
#4

Looks like Aphria longirostris to me :)

Posted by Zeegers on 29-07-2012 21:21
#5

I totally agree with Aphria, but would not be able to suggest a species.

longirostris and longilingua are very similar and the letter much more common.

Theo

Posted by ChrisR on 29-07-2012 23:17
#6

That's interesting, I have never managed to find a longilingua - none that I have seen have hairs on r4+5 beyond rm ... or is that a weak feature?

Posted by pwalter on 01-08-2012 17:18
#7

Hi, thanks for the posts! I will ask if he has the specimen!

Posted by neprisikiski on 01-08-2012 18:38
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ChrisR wrote:
That's interesting, I have never managed to find a longilingua - none that I have seen have hairs on r4+5 beyond rm ... or is that a weak feature?


all specimens which I have recorded form my area were longilingua... :)

Posted by ChrisR on 01-08-2012 21:21
#9

Interesting - which features do you rely on? :) I'd love to make some of mine into longilingua :D

Edited by ChrisR on 01-08-2012 21:22

Posted by neprisikiski on 02-08-2012 21:47
#10

Just following Tschorsnig & Herting, hairs on r4+5 reaching far beyond rm in all my specimens :)

Posted by ChrisR on 03-08-2012 09:11
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Well, that's reassuring ... I checked all of mine many times and their r4+5 hairs stop well short of rm. I wonder why I didn't get *any* longilingua then? ... boooo LOL

Posted by neprisikiski on 03-08-2012 17:41
#12

May be it because you live in the island... :)

Posted by ChrisR on 04-08-2012 09:49
#13

Well, none of mine came from the UK - they are all European - Aphria is one of the many rare tachinids here :) Mine came from Portugal & southern France.

Posted by neprisikiski on 05-08-2012 07:16
#14

Then it because they came from the South- not the Central Europe ;)

Posted by ChrisR on 05-08-2012 09:00
#15

Ok, I will watch closer for Central European Aphria ;)