Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae - Siphona setosa?
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 10-08-2009 11:58
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 Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Just back from a week in South Wales. A few nice flies on the dunes which I'm slowly working my way through. This appears to be Siphona setosa - 4 post dc, long antenna, pair of med marg bristles on abd 1+2, reddish tegula? Only wish the photos were better. 4/8/2009; Glamorgan, Wales. Dune scrub. Thanks Tim tim worfolk attached the following image:  [100.86Kb] |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 10-08-2009 11:59
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
another angle, but even worse photo... Tim tim worfolk attached the following image:  [91.54Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 10-08-2009 17:09
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19298 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I'd really need a proper lateral head shot, antenna is long but not that long, so it does not convince me, unless it is a female (difficult to see). SO any more shots ? Theo |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 10-08-2009 17:16
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
No, that's the best of a bad bunch. Tim |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 10-08-2009 18:24
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19298 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Well, setosa is not common and geniculata very variable from behind, so I'm not gonna call this one Theo |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 10-08-2009 20:13
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Thanks Theo, I appreciate your doubt and thus have all the more confidence in your certainties! Tim |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 10-08-2009 20:29
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19298 Joined: 21.07.04 |
WEll, thank you very much, that is not often you hear that. But a scientist should at least try to question all results before accepting them. Standard discleimar, repeated once again: positive IDs are 95 % certain at the most, I cannot reckon with all extremely rare species and so on. From pictures, that is, Theo |
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