Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae Campylochaeta praecox?
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| blowave |
Posted on 25-12-2009 17:45
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hi, I need to get all my Tachinids or Tachinid look-alikes with a confirmed ID so I can send the records to Chris. Any help is much appreciated, but some of these are confusing as to which family they belong so please bear with me.  This one I got only one pic of on 14th April 2009 in my garden, a few miles south of Lincoln UK. Greetings to all! Janet 
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 25-12-2009 23:58
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Tricky - not a sarco this time (hairy eyes) but not Campylocheta either ... but not sure what it could be because I can't see enough of the body  (maybe Phorocera?? - guess)Here is a C.praecox that I had confirmed here recently
Edited by ChrisR on 26-12-2009 00:03 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2009 00:48
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
I have cropped down to maximum magnification making two more pics which might help.
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2009 00:49
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 28-12-2009 20:32
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Phorocera gets my vote as well. It is difficult to see, but the m-vein seems to make a kink? |
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| blowave |
Posted on 28-12-2009 21:26
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thanks Jaakko, if it's Phorocera sp. then it would narrow the choices down to two as we only have Phorocera obscura and P. assimilis in the UK. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-12-2009 21:56
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19298 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The facial ridge seems bare and the parafacialia hairy, if you have a very good look. So my guess is Smidtia conspersa. Theo |
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| blowave |
Posted on 28-12-2009 22:17
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Smidtia conspersa looks very good to me! The coppery coloured scuttelum matches too. That would be a good record as there are not many here, and as often is the case only recorded further south than I am, but Chris will possibly have more records. Thanks Theo!  |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 29-12-2009 20:20
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Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Now when Theo said it, it's obvious... I was somehow ignoring that Phorocera have facial bristles too! Plus that P. obscura were really common this spring everywhere. There seems to be 3 dc, so rules out amoena. Phenology also matches. |
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| blowave |
Posted on 29-12-2009 20:29
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thanks for the confirmation Jaakko, nice to know that the details match to you too. S. conspera is the only species we have here so it looks like a positive for sure! Chris might want to add this one to the list I sent. |
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