Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae - Meigenia (probably)
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 13-05-2010 14:59
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 Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Apologies for the dreadful photo, couldn't get anything better in the wind and sun. It doesn't quite match anything I've seen previously and I can get nowhere keying it, can't see enough detail, but perhaps one of the experts will recognise it? 13/5/2010; Devon, England thanks Tim tim worfolk attached the following image:  [160.04Kb] Edited by tim worfolk on 15-05-2010 15:04 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 13-05-2010 19:38
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks a bit Meigenia-ish to me 
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 13-05-2010 20:07
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
That's interesting; I did an image search for Meigenia and came up with this - http://www.dipter...d_id=24476 - a fly I'd photographed last August, same site. If I see it again I'll try to catch it - it would be nice to know which species it is. thanks Tim |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 13-05-2010 20:25
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
If it is a Meigenia then it needs to be a male and we need to see genitalia 
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 15-05-2010 08:05
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree, looks Meigenia-ish and given the English weather conditions, the pic is not that bad at all. However, we can't see the apical scutellar bristles, to confirm our hunch. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 15-05-2010 08:34
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Brrrr - don't mention the British weather ... I just got used to 25C in Moscow - then I had to come home to 10C 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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