Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae:Siphona geniculata (male) ?
Posted by skrylten on 08-09-2013 20:52
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2013-08-04, Degeberga Sweden, ca 5 mm
I know Siphona females are difficult(impossible) ...
Edit: Male !
The palp of this one doesn´t really fit geniculata .
Edit: Wasn´t aware geniculata in Andersen´s key would be cristata.
Edited by skrylten on 09-09-2013 06:19
Posted by skrylten on 08-09-2013 20:53
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Posted by skrylten on 08-09-2013 20:53
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Posted by skrylten on 08-09-2013 20:54
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Posted by skrylten on 08-09-2013 20:54
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Posted by skrylten on 08-09-2013 20:55
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Posted by skrylten on 08-09-2013 20:55
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Posted by John Carr on 08-09-2013 22:51
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You wrote female, but image 5 looks male to me. (I'm not an expert on sexing Cyclorrhapha.)
Posted by skrylten on 09-09-2013 06:15
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Thanks John !
That should make it a male S. geniculata ( If urbana in Andersen´s key = geniculata ? )
/Leif K
Posted by ChrisR on 09-09-2013 08:38
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Yeah, you have to be careful to correct Andersen's key with regard to Siphona urbana/geniculata/cristata. While Andersen's treatment was strictly correct, Tschorsnig, Herting & O'Hara successfully petitioned for the name to be retained due to common usage. S. geniculata was conserved by the replacement of the lectotype with a neotype.
See ICZN case 3084 & opinion 1975 :)
Andersen's urbana = current geniculata
Andersen's geniculata = current cristata
Edited by ChrisR on 09-09-2013 08:40