Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Muscidae or Tachinidae?
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| Urs |
Posted on 02-12-2008 14:18
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Member Location: CH-9630 Wattwil Posts: 1014 Joined: 09.03.06 |
who can help, thank you Foto: Switzerland, Wattwil SG, 750m NN, 21.09.08 Regards Urs Urs attached the following image:  [68.39Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-12-2008 15:14
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
a tachinid - but not sure which one - this needs Theo  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 02-12-2008 19:56
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Do I see a Siphona-proboscis ? It seems so. In which case it must be Siphona, but it doesn't look like one, or something extreme like Ancistrophora miki. Need to ponder on this one. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-12-2008 21:23
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Darn ... I missed it and was fooled into thinking it was much bigger  Siphona looks fine to me .. well, as "fine" as a Siphona looks at any time |
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| Urs |
Posted on 02-12-2008 22:11
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Member Location: CH-9630 Wattwil Posts: 1014 Joined: 09.03.06 |
I have only this view. The fly was on Achillea millefolium, diameter of the flowers ca. 6mm Urs |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 04-12-2008 20:05
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is very dark for SIphona, maybe tricky light, in any case, you can see the crossed subapicals of the scutellum, so it must be Siphona. Theo |
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| Urs |
Posted on 06-12-2008 18:32
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Member Location: CH-9630 Wattwil Posts: 1014 Joined: 09.03.06 |
Thank you Theo for confirming Siphona and the infos about this genus. Greetings Urs |
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