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 Tachinidae ID
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| tristram |
Posted on 13-09-2011 19:47
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
From last year. I originally had this down as Pales pavida based mainly on the bluish colour, but now that doesn't look right to me. It looks too chubby and the scutum is not shiny enough. Could it be a Eurithia, or something else? Photos taken in Reading, UK, on 2010-07-18. tristram attached the following image:  [166.83Kb] |
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| tristram |
Posted on 13-09-2011 19:49
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
And from a slightly different angle.
tristram attached the following image:  [169.45Kb] |
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| tristram |
Posted on 14-09-2011 17:40
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
In particular, I think it resembles this female Eurithia connivens: http://www.dipter...oto_id=618. The blueness might be at least partially an artefact of my camera (but this artefact seems to only affect flies and not beetles and other insects!) Edited by tristram on 14-09-2011 17:40 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-09-2011 23:42
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks too short in the body to be a Eurithia, so I doubt it ... but the angle isn't very flattering so I'm not sure. My guess from the shape & colour would be an Epicampocera succincta 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| tristram |
Posted on 15-09-2011 20:08
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Thanks Chris. I'll put it down as a possible E. succincta then. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-09-2011 20:04
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19310 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The tip of the scutellum is red, so it can't be Epicampocera. It is a Pales. Once you've got this idea, you notice the single pair of reclinate orbitals. Theo |
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| tristram |
Posted on 19-09-2011 22:54
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Thankyou Theo. If I remember correctly, it was the red tip to the scutellum that made me think it was Pales in the first place. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 20-09-2011 20:12
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19310 Joined: 21.07.04 |
O, sorry, I missed that sentence in the first post Good thinking ! Theo |
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