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 Yellow tachinid from Romania
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 30-05-2010 09:29
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
date: 30.05.2010    |
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| Matt Smith |
Posted on 30-05-2010 10:38
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Member Location: UK Posts: 28 Joined: 13.07.04 |
The antennae are relatively short compared to the length of the face, so I would suggest a species of Cistogaster - this one appears to be a male from the yellow dusting on the thorax. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 30-05-2010 10:56
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I was rather thinking about Eliozeta heluo / Clytomya continua (always hesitating between the two).
Stephane. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2010 11:54
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yeah, I would guess Eliozeta but I am always fooled by these until I get a specimen in my hand 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 30-05-2010 13:28
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
Thanks for the replies....Unfortunately I don't have the specimen, but I'm sure I will catch a specimen. Right now I returned from the field and I have collected some interesting tahinids and not only.I will upload the photos later  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2010 14:45
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
They seem to be relatively common in the warmer parts of Europe but we don't get Eliozeta here and Clytiomya is very rare. I would advise to catch quite a few (at least 2-6 every 2-4 weeks) because you have a few possible species and it is useful to have males & females ... the same goes for all Cylindromyia and Gymnosoma that *look* identical because you will have many different species through the year.
Edited by ChrisR on 30-05-2010 14:47 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 30-05-2010 19:07
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
I will collect some specimens, hope to find more here. Pictures of flies will have to wait till tomorrow (now I have some problems with camera batteries )  |
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