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 Tachinidae: Phasia or Gymnosoma?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 12-05-2012 12:18
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Several years ago I marked this photo as Phasia sp., but as I look at it again, it seems to have all the right traits for Gymnosoma sp. Does this seem right, Gymnosoma sp.? 13 July 2007, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, elevation 1030 meters, mixed woodland and open areas, also wetlands. Stephen attached the following image:  [124.51Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 12-05-2012 13:41
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Enterely looks like Gymnosoma sp. to me  But no idea if there are other similar genera in North America  Better wait for another opinion  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-05-2012 21:01
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I'd bet on Gymnosoma - you have that genus in North America It's a female - hence the heavy black markings.
Edited by ChrisR on 12-05-2012 21:02 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 12-05-2012 21:39
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Chris, Piluca, thanks very much. I appreciate your help with this one!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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