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 Gymnocheta viridis, Tachinidae
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| JariF |
Posted on 20-12-2010 18:49
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Hi, I found some of these when I went trough my Calliphoridae from last summer. The bare arista makes me wonder..., but what else could this beautiful blue fly be ? May 21. 2010 Helsinki, Finland Jari JariF attached the following image:  [180.35Kb] Edited by JariF on 20-12-2010 19:25 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-12-2010 19:02
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Ohh, nice - you sure that it doesn't have a subscutellum? 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| JariF |
Posted on 20-12-2010 19:05
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
In fact it does, so Tachinidae. Somewhere near Chrysomopsis aurata maybe ... Jari |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-12-2010 19:11
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I thought it might  Palps yellow = Chrysosomopsis ... brown/black = Gymnocheta
Edited by ChrisR on 20-12-2010 19:11 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| JariF |
Posted on 20-12-2010 19:25
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
And the winner is ....... Gymnocheta viridis Not very rare but a new one for me anyway. Thank's Chris. Jari |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-12-2010 19:30
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Haha - good for you! They're on every tree and fence post here in early Spring ... usually my first tachinid of the year  They can be quite variable in colour - your photo looks quite blue but in life they are often green so I wonder if being in alcohol might change the colour a bit.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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