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 Hairy fly -> Tachina cf. lurida
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| Skyfliege |
Posted on 11-04-2011 14:10
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Member Location: Posts: 55 Joined: 16.03.11 |
Hello Forum, this hairy fly was basking at the edge of a forest track. Is it possible to identify the specie? Location: Germany (South-east Lower Saxony; mainly deciduous forest; April 2011) Thank you very much for attention! Skyfliege attached the following image:  [104.81Kb] Edited by Skyfliege on 11-04-2011 20:58 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 11-04-2011 14:31
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like Tachina lurida but the photo is a bit dark so I am not 100% sure whether it has thin pale bands (T.ursina). EDIT: I have tried some work in PhotoShop but the image has lost so much detail that it is still inconclusive - but I would still go with T.lurida. Edited by ChrisR on 11-04-2011 14:33 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Skyfliege |
Posted on 11-04-2011 20:51
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Member Location: Posts: 55 Joined: 16.03.11 |
Hello Chris, thank you very much for your help! Sorry for that somewhat dark picture. Should be the thin pale bands on the abdomen? Then I wouldn't see any and would agree with your suggestion. Best regards Stefan |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-04-2011 19:45
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19308 Joined: 21.07.04 |
To me, it is 'clearly' ursina: it is a male (given width of vertex), and in male lurida the thrid antennal segment is strongly broadened. This is lacking here. Moreover, period of year fits ursina (much) better. Theo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-04-2011 19:47
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19308 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Oh, and the presence of dust band on T5 clearly cannot be judged from this angle, since I don't see any as well on tergites 3-4, where they are present in all species mentioned. Theo |
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