Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae - Thelaira sp.
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 23-08-2009 06:58
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 Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
This one appears to show the characters of solivaga: an outer vertical (ve) and 4 decent length ad bristles on mid tibia, however it's less obvious on the left side. All the Thelaira at this site I've so far identified have been nigripes. I wonder what our Tachinidae experts think. 22/8/2009; Devon, England. Thanks Tim tim worfolk attached the following image:  [119.39Kb] |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 23-08-2009 06:58
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
same fly, left side. Tim tim worfolk attached the following image:  [110.26Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-08-2009 09:59
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I find myself feeling that this one is pretty convincing but I still have a few nagging doubts so let's wait for Theo 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 23-08-2009 19:37
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree, solivaga for the reaons given Theo |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 23-08-2009 20:04
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Thanks both of you for the confirmation. It's interesting that both solivaga and nigripes occur at the same site, apparently even the same microhabitat. I've seen a lot of Thelaira here over the last few months but, as I say, everything positively identified so far has been nigripes. They seem to parasitise the same species (all those listed in Belshaw are common to abundant locally) so I wonder if their timing is different. Tim |
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