Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 UK, Tachinidae, Actia
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Posted on 14-07-2011 14:57
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 893 Joined: 11.10.07 |
UK, Suffolk, mixed vegetation on sandy soil. 8th July 2011. Size 5mm approx My first Actia I think. In the field, it had the arched appearance of Siphona but without the long proboscis, the abdomen also showed black and white bands. Hairs on the wing veins-- a few on R1 distally, hairs on R4+5 stopping at crossvein, cubital vein bare, anal vein disappears before wing margin. So Actia infantula? Steve edited size to 5mm from incorrect 10mm and corrected date sd attached the following image:  [99.2Kb] Edited by sd on 14-07-2011 17:37 |
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Posted on 14-07-2011 14:58
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Posted on 14-07-2011 14:59
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 893 Joined: 11.10.07 |
katepisternum with line of hairs below bristles
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Posted on 14-07-2011 14:59
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Posted on 14-07-2011 15:26
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks OK to me  Subapicals 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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Posted on 14-07-2011 17:26
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 893 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Yes
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Posted on 14-07-2011 18:35
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yeah, that looks OK Nice photos
Edited by ChrisR on 14-07-2011 18:36 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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Posted on 14-07-2011 18:45
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 893 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Thanks for your comments, Chris. Photos stacked with Zerene (PMax option ), the full size look nice but still room for improvement - I still get ''ghosting'' with crossed legs, etc. Steve |
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Posted on 20-08-2011 16:42
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 893 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Chris has now seen this specimen and confirms the id Steve |
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