Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Estheria petiolata, Tachinidae
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| JariF |
Posted on 27-07-2009 16:42
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Hi, this large fly (12mm) was on the way to Sarcophagidae box but when it has a large subscutellum it made me wonder .... July 26.2009 Pernaja, Finland. Jari JariF attached the following image:  [157.26Kb] Edited by JariF on 28-07-2009 10:35 |
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| JariF |
Posted on 27-07-2009 16:42
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Here is the fly
JariF attached the following image:  [162.21Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 27-07-2009 16:57
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Estheria would be my guess  They are horrible sarcophagid mimics but they have that wonderful "moustache" of hairs around the vibrissae
Edited by ChrisR on 27-07-2009 16:58 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 27-07-2009 18:37
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Well then we have only one species, petiolata and I think it may be a good one Jari |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-07-2009 20:57
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
So, the topcel is shortly stalked ? Yes, then it is Estheria petiolata Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-07-2009 00:46
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Very nice - I have never seen one of those
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 28-07-2009 04:05
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Thank You. Very strange looking fly. Jari |
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| JariF |
Posted on 28-07-2009 07:38
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
I must take this one step back  Topcel stalked ??Jari JariF attached the following image:  [112.79Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-07-2009 10:14
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, that is stalked ... not much, but it does qualify. The worst ones are species which are even shorter than that and it's almost impossible to work out if it is closed or stalked  Thankfully the keys usually make allowance for that
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 28-07-2009 10:32
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Ok, thank's Chris. I was just a bit uncertain. Because this is so called "good one" I wanted to be sure Jari |
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| diphascon |
Posted on 28-07-2009 11:41
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Member Location: Posts: 85 Joined: 26.07.05 |
ChrisR wrote: Estheria would be my guess They are horrible sarcophagid mimics but they have that wonderful "moustache" of hairs around the vibrissae Oops ... for me Estheria always was (fossile) Crustacean genus ... cheers - martin |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 07-08-2009 11:56
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Nice find! Jaakko |
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| neprisikiski |
Posted on 07-08-2009 16:15
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 876 Joined: 23.02.09 |
once collected E. petiolata from indoors in Vilnius
Erikas |
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