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Tachinidae: Winthemia rufiventris ♀
ESant
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Posted on 16-03-2024 23:13
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Hello,

I found this fly in a private garden L'Aquila (AQ), Italy, on October 7th 2023. I think it is a Tachinidae, but is it possible to identify its genus or species from these photos? I kept the specimen, so if other details are necessary I can provide them.

Thank you in advance,
Emanuele
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Clearly, a female Winthemia. Need to work on the species.

Theo
 
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Thank you! Could it be W. bohemani?
 
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Yes, it looks like bohemani, but here only 2 sternopleural (meral) bristles, should be 3.
Moreover, tibiae are black.
It is the female of W. rufiventris.


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Thank you very much!
 
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