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Tachinid with strange wing veins. - Phytomyptera sp.
Morten A Mjelde
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Light trap in the garden, Southern Norway, Telemark 12 August. 4 mm.
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Hi Morton, I think it's an Actia lamia (post-angular vein missing).

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Notice that m-cu is also missing and there is a single large bristle where vein Rs forks. Phytomyptera.
 
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Thanks John, I've overlooked that.
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Thank you! Smile Phytomyptera nigrina?

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In "The Tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Central Europe" there are only two species of Phytomyptera (nigrina and vaccinii), but in the Norwegian species list there are 8 species. How is this connected?

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Elfia has been shifted under Phtytomyptera.

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Morten A Mjelde wrote:
In "The Tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Central Europe" there are only two species of Phytomyptera (nigrina and vaccinii), but in the Norwegian species list there are 8 species. How is this connected?

Morten


You will probably find the others under Elfia.
 
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Thank you so much, John and Theo! It seems that it will be difficult to come to a species determination..

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