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 Large Australian Tachinidae
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 12-09-2011 01:26
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
I believe this is Tachinidae. Is genera possible? In the house. Townsville, Queensland. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [96.54Kb] |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 12-09-2011 10:49
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Nice species! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| sd |
Posted on 12-09-2011 13:58
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 893 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Hi Graeme, I saw this paper online and thought you would find it interesting if you hadn't seen it already... A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Review of the Invertebrates of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia (CERRA) World Heritage Area, and Adjacent Regions GEOFF WILLIAMS http://www.austra...mplete.pdf Regards, Steve |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-09-2011 18:07
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Lovely fly - looks like the genus Rutilia ... I have the revision of it here but (as usual) I'd need the specimen to key it properly 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-09-2011 19:46
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19310 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, it is in Rutilia (s.l.), difficult genus, review by Crosskey in the 1970's but not all my material fits. Theo |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 12-09-2011 20:36
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Steve I was not aware of that pdf, thanks for pointing it out. Thanks Chris and Zeegers. The fly is very rare. I'm lucky if I spot one a year, so of course I kill it. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 12-09-2011 21:10
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Can somebody tell me what is the subfamily for Rutilia? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-09-2011 21:20
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I'm fairly sure that they are a very unusual-looking Dexiinae
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 12-09-2011 21:24
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Chris. |
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