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 Thuringian Tachinid - Huebneria?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 28-09-2011 00:35
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, This Tachinid is from August 2010 and was seen in Rudolstadt, Thuringia. A rather similar one of this year in the same town was identified as Huebneria affinis (http://www.dipter...ost_177923). So is this the same species or did I overlook an important character, and which? Thanks for help, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [180.35Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 28-09-2011 00:35
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
More pics.
Sundew attached the following image:  [194.42Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-09-2011 09:17
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I'd go for Huebneria - well done  It looks like Huebneria in shape & colours but it also has 3 humeral callus bristles in a row and I think I can even see a hair on the hind coxa too, which is a very rare feature on tachinids 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 28-09-2011 12:01
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Many thanks, Chris, especially for pointing out some decisive characters! If I meet a dark bristly one in the future, I shall first ask to show me the hind coxa . |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-09-2011 15:45
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Well, in tachinids it occurs in a few genera, such as Carcelia ... and it is very hard to see (unless you are lucky) but I think in this case it backs up the overall look of Huebneria in the photos
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 29-09-2011 20:36
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19310 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The apical scutellar are erect so there is no way this is Carcelia. Moreover, the tibiae are dark (red in nearly all Carcelia). So Huebneria affinis it is ! Theo |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 29-09-2011 21:28
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Great - I'll try hard to keep everything in mind! (More than twice I don't want to bother you with the same species - really hope I shall succeed!) |
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