Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Rhinophoridae/Tachinidae ID please ?
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 12-01-2009 11:27
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 Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Hella all, Can someone help me with the ID of this smallish fly observed on April 2 2008 in Banyuls (Pyrenees orientales, France) ? The wing venation intrigues me.... TIA Philippe Philippe moniotte attached the following image:  [95.39Kb] Edited by Philippe moniotte on 13-01-2009 11:11 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 12-01-2009 16:36
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Tachinidae
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 12-01-2009 18:07
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Yes indeed, I thought it looked a bit like Elomyia... Thanks Philippe |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 12-01-2009 18:42
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Not Elomyia. In fact I would not even put all my money on Tachinidae and would keep other options (for example Rhinophoridae) open.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-01-2009 18:52
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My money too was on it being a rhinophorid ... but it looks really odd. |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 13-01-2009 11:10
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Thanks This vein arragement seems peculiar to Rhinophoridae , but not perhaps specific ? Philippe |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 14-01-2009 18:29
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I would be very surprised if this is not... Sarcophagidae. I know, you tell me, the topcel is stalked. There is at least 1 Sarc with this feature Notoecus longestylatus. So that is my proposition. Theo |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 14-01-2009 18:35
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Ah , now you're (s)talking ! Thanks for your input. Is there any end to the surprises and tricks that those two-winged critters have in store for us poor entomologists?.... Philippe |
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