Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinid -> Linnaemya
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 15-10-2009 19:56
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1163 Joined: 07.10.09 |
The picture was taken on Canary Islands (Costa Calma, Fuerteventura, February 28th, 2005). Is ID possible? Marion
Marion Friedrich attached the following image:  [99.41Kb] Edited by Marion Friedrich on 18-10-2009 13:52 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-10-2009 19:45
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19133 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is not Gonia. The eyes are hairy. Looks more like some Linnaemyia. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-10-2009 19:58
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Maybe Marion can give us a zoomed and balanced close-up of the head? Perhaps also some more angle? I am not sure if it really is hair or just dust of some kind. The face in very domed but the rest of the fly doesn't look teneral. Strange.
Edited by ChrisR on 17-10-2009 19:59 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 17-10-2009 21:28
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1163 Joined: 07.10.09 |
The picture is old and the resolution limited. My impression is eyes are hairy. Unfortunately, no other angles available. If Linnaemyia, it might be Linnaemyia soror Zimin. I found only one species for Canary Islands. What is the right or actual spelling Linnaemyia or Linnaemya? I read both versions. Marion Marion Friedrich attached the following image:  [137.7Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-10-2009 21:50
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, it does look a bit hairy in close-up ... strange shape but Theo must be correct  The correct spelling is Linnaemya but MYA and MYIA endings are often confused and are different for different genera
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 18-10-2009 10:44
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19133 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, I think it is Linnaemyia soror, but not 100 % sure. I stick to -myia for reasons given previously. Theo |
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 18-10-2009 13:50
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1163 Joined: 07.10.09 |
Thank you very much. Marion |
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