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4 mm Tachinid ? -> Lydina aenea female
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50 km south of Paris, France, August 01 2010.
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Do you have any more angles? It looks a bit anonymous Sad
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What is wrong witht he apical crossvein ?

It is interrupted !


By the way, the frontal tarsi are strongly flattened. This would not happen to be some weird Minthoini ???

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Lydina aenea (flattened tarsi fit) with a mutation...
 
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I considered Lydina, the vertex seems pretty broad.
Not saying you are wrong, by the way.

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I had a look in my collection: Lydina aenea female fits excellent, thank you Jaakko.


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I think I caught one of these at the weekend here in southern England - so they are about Smile I just haven't had a chance to key it yet but there's not much else flying at the moment with that greenish tint to the body.
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With delay in my answer, many thanks to all of you !! Smile
 
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