Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae, UK => Vibrissina turrita?
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| sbushes |
Posted on 11-08-2025 23:22
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Something like Meigenia or Vibrissina? ( the latter suggested by Waldgeist on iNaturalist... comparable to https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=115974 ) Only 3-4mm or so in size. Malvern Hills, UK 11/08/25 sbushes attached the following image:  [194.93Kb] Edited by sbushes on 12-08-2025 11:40 |
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| sbushes |
Posted on 11-08-2025 23:23
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Posted on 11-08-2025 23:23
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Posted on 11-08-2025 23:23
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Posted on 11-08-2025 23:24
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| eklans |
Posted on 12-08-2025 11:21
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I think, female Vibrissina turrita is correct.
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner |
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| sbushes |
Posted on 12-08-2025 11:39
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Interesting. Thanks! We only have Vibrissina debilitata on the UK list according to NBN : https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000138850#classification How do you delineate between the two? Edited by sbushes on 12-08-2025 11:39 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 12-08-2025 12:58
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4060 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Firstly - it looks very much like the one I saw ovipositing on larvae of it's host Arge pagana - see: https://diptera.i..._id=107515 I compared with T&H and Ceretti: V. turrita: Tergites 3 and 4 with broad, more or less regular pruinose basal bands over 3/5-4/5 of the length; the slight longitudinal discontinuity along the middorsal edge shows a thin black band that often disappears depending on the angle of incidence of the light. V. debilitata: Tergites 3 and 4 with pruinose basal bands, sparsely dense dorsally and extending over 1/3-1/2 of the length of the segment, while laterally they are denser and slightly more extensive; very pronounced middorsal dark band, about half the width of the distance between the midmarginal setae. My mistake: I didn't check whether V. turrita is listed for the UK, sorry! Greetings, Eric Kloeckner |
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