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 Is this a tachinid?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 15-05-2009 15:51
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Jari has sent me some tiny flies from Finland, which I don't think are tachinids because they don't have a subscutellum ... but I can't rule out the very small atypical tachinids without subscutellums because I have no material to compare them with.  first the male... ChrisR attached the following image:  [41.03Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 15-05-2009 15:52 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 15-05-2009 15:52
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
now the female...
ChrisR attached the following image:  [37.9Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-05-2009 15:16
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18976 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Either Melanomyia or Anthracomyia melanoptera, depending on size and scutellar bristles (both Calliphoridae). Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-05-2009 17:27
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks ... Jari can have the "joy" of confirming those then 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| JariF |
Posted on 17-05-2009 17:34
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
I can hardly wait Jari |
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