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 Thelaira nigripes
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| hedy2411 |
Posted on 08-02-2012 16:03
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 Member Location: Zeist, Holland Posts: 5242 Joined: 20.11.09 |
Who knows the name of this Tachinid fly..? Found 12-6-2011 in Zeist, Holland hedy2411 attached the following image:  [85.96Kb] Edited by hedy2411 on 10-02-2012 15:52 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-02-2012 16:48
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thelaira nigripes 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-02-2012 17:10
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Are Thelaira and Halidaya the only tachinids with semi-hemispherical heads (for palearctic zone)?
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 08-02-2012 17:11 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-02-2012 17:26
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jorgemotalmeida wrote: Are Thelaira and Halidaya the only tachinids with semi-hemispherical heads (for palearctic zone)? Difficult to answer - it depends on which criteria you use. Carcelia are quite similar, or any genus with large eyes. Hemyda have very distinctive eyes that are big and kidney-shaped in lateral profile. Gonia are very rounded too
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| hedy2411 |
Posted on 10-02-2012 21:39
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Member Location: Zeist, Holland Posts: 5242 Joined: 20.11.09 |
Thank you Chris and Jorge for your reactions to this topic!! Regards, Hedy |
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