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| Sundew |
Posted on 12-07-2010 00:36
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Some days ago I saw this small yellow Tachinid on an inflorescence of wild carrot. I think the 3rd antenna segment is not long enough for Eliozeta, so it might be Clytiomyia. The Clytiomyia continua I photographed two years ago was, however, much less golden as to face and thorax (but not as dark as the photos in the gallery). Is the colour so variable? Many thanks for help, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [129.4Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 12-07-2010 00:37
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
More pics.
Sundew attached the following image:  [133.64Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-07-2010 09:37
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Males & females are slightly different colours but I also have trouble with these 2 genera because I just don't see enough of them here. I would guess that it was a male Eliozeta helluo but we really need Theo's experience 
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 13-07-2010 20:53
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree with Clytiomyia continua. The antenna is too short for E. pellucens and the abdomen not yellow enough for E. helluo. The difference in golden colouration in the face is a strong sexual dimorphism in these species (plural). Theo |
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