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droso	#1 Posted on 22-05-2009 17:47
Member Location: Posts: 4 Joined: 22.05.09	Hey! Just wanted to say great site I'm no entomologist, and didn't even want to take a stab anything above (or is it below?) Order. Here are some pictures, the middle legs are ~3x as long as the whole body @ ~1.5 cm. Never seen a species like it around here and was just curios. If you need better pictures I can work on that today with some natural light. Sorry, the wings got a little damaged. From: North Carolina Mountains. What do ya think? Thanks!


ChrisR	#2 Posted on 22-05-2009 17:59
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	It looks like a dexiine tachinid to me ... reminds me of Dexiomimops but that's a purely oriental genus I think. Anyway, it's a really nice fly ... I am sure Jim O'Hara in Canada would give you a name, if you email him the link or photo Edited by ChrisR on 22-05-2009 20:51 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


droso	#3 Posted on 22-05-2009 21:18
Member Location: Posts: 4 Joined: 22.05.09	Thanks for the help Chris. I have done a little research on local species, but nothing has turned up so far. The length of the mid leg compared to the size of the body and other legs seems odd.


ChrisR	#4 Posted on 22-05-2009 21:25
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Yes, some of the dexiines have very long legs - like this neotropical one on my blog, with long hind legs http://chrisraper...blog/?p=24 Edited by ChrisR on 22-05-2009 21:26 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


droso	#5 Posted on 22-05-2009 23:29
Member Location: Posts: 4 Joined: 22.05.09	Nice specimen. Once again, Thanks Edited by droso on 26-05-2009 04:19


droso	#6 Posted on 26-05-2009 04:24
Member Location: Posts: 4 Joined: 22.05.09	Welp, got word from Jim O'Hara, who was very helpful and was able to get an ID even with my crappy photos Tachinid Fly - Cholomyia inaequipes Here's a picture if anyone is interested. http://images.goo...N%26um%3D1 From Manual of Nearctic Diptera, thanks Chris. 333. Aristal hairs much longer at base of arista than at apex, arising all around arista (as in Fig. 64). Parafacial with minute pale hairs. Midleg of male about twice as long as foreleg or hindleg ............................Cholomyia Bigot 1 sp., inaequipes Bigot; eastern and southwestern U.S.A.


ChrisR	#7 Posted on 26-05-2009 09:09
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Great news - thanks for the update Edited by ChrisR on 26-05-2009 09:09 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.