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 Tachinidae - Thelaira nigripes
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 29-07-2009 06:49
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 Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Rather more orange on abdomen than the Thelaira nigripes I'm used to - quite regular locally over the last month or two. I know this is an unreliable character so what about the ad bristles on tibia 2, I think I can just about see a ve as well? I guess it would help if I'd managed better photos! 29/7/2009; Devon, England. Thanks Tim tim worfolk attached the following image:  [184.08Kb] Edited by tim worfolk on 29-07-2009 16:48 |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 29-07-2009 06:51
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Probably different fly. Same place, same time.
tim worfolk attached the following image:  [125.03Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 29-07-2009 09:11
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I think it's another T.nigripes - from the 2 long ad. The orange side patches are very variable in all species so they are hardly even a good secondary feature.  They are also (in my experience) much commoner than T.solivaga.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 29-07-2009 09:17
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Thanks Chris, I'm sure you're right. Tim |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 29-07-2009 15:19
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19011 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree, twice male Th. nigripes. Thelaira nigripes tends to be quite variable in abdominal pattern. Theo |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 29-07-2009 16:47
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Thanks Theo. In fact abdominal pattern would appear to be so variable as to be useless. Tim |
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