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Tachinidae ID
holzi13
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Posted on 05-07-2009 08:43
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Hi,

please can you help me to identify the following tachina fly.

location: Austria, near Vienna - on Eryngium
Date: yesterday
Size: about 12 mm


hhh13.s-ar5.arweb.at/bilder/t1.jpg
other pictures (link):
http://hhh13.s-ar...der/t2.jpg
http://hhh13.s-ar...der/t3.jpg

thanks,
Harald
Edited by ChrisR on 05-07-2009 16:28
 
Jaakko
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Posted on 06-07-2009 13:00
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Looks like one of those red Peleteria or Linneamyia. Difficult angle.

Jaakko
 
holzi13
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Posted on 06-07-2009 14:31
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hi,

thanks for your answer. perhaps this pic helps a little bit more to identify:

hhh13.s-ar5.arweb.at/bilder/tachinidae4a.jpg

here other pics in higher resolution:

http://hhh13.s-ar...nidae1.jpg
http://hhh13.s-ar...nidae2.jpg
http://hhh13.s-ar...nidae3.jpg
http://hhh13.s-ar...nidae4.jpg

thanks,
Harald
Edited by holzi13 on 08-07-2009 09:42
 
Jaakko
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Posted on 08-07-2009 09:03
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Hi,

I still cannot see the face, but my guess would be Linnaemya.

Jaakko
 
holzi13
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Posted on 08-07-2009 09:51
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Hi,

thanks for your help. Unfortunately i have no picture of the face. Perhaps i'll find this insect again in my garden.

Harald

(temporarily some picture links in my last post where offline due to problems with my web webspace - now it should work)
Edited by holzi13 on 08-07-2009 09:55
 
Zeegers
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Posted on 08-07-2009 20:07
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I see ocellar bristles, so it can't be Peleteria.
Which leaves Linnaemyia as option.

What worries me is that the eyes appear to be bare....


Theo
 
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