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 Tachinidae: Exorista rustica?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 19-08-2025 11:40
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3930 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, On 29 July I saw two Tachinid males on Daucus carota inflorescences in south-eastern Berlin. I am pretty sure that the belong to Exorista, and because of 3 postsutural dc got to the E. rustica group where the trouble started. E. mimula and E. rustica can be expected here, genitals can’t be checked, and morphology is somewhat overlapping. I think I see discals on T3 at least in one specimen, pointing a bit more to E. rustica, and I calculated the frons:eye ratio from two pictures, which gave 0.8. This would also fit E. rustica, so I would like to label the pictures with that name - but better with a “cf.”? Thanks for comments, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [290.12Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 19-08-2025 11:40
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3930 Joined: 28.07.07 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 20-08-2025 08:07
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19093 Joined: 21.07.04 |
We can only be sure with genitalia, but there are no indications this might be mimula, so rustica is very likely indeed. Theo |
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