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 Australian Tachinidae
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 14-05-2011 05:23
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
I believe this is Tachinidae, is genera possible? Malaise trap, Townsville, Queensland. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [48.49Kb] |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 14-05-2011 05:41
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Another one, same species. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [35.27Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-05-2011 08:54
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It is a tachinid and looks a little like a siphonine ... but it is hard to be sure because I can't see which wing veins have bristles and I can't see if the sub-apical scutellar bristles are long and converging. 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 14-05-2011 09:20
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Chris, I'll see if I can answer those questions. |
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