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 Tachinidae
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| Gansucha |
Posted on 21-08-2012 22:05
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The Ukraine, Rovenskaya area, June 10. Gymnosoma rungsi (female) ??  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-08-2012 07:51
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Impossible to say which species this is - just Gymnosoma sp.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Gansucha |
Posted on 22-08-2012 08:40
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Thank you, ChrisR. That it is necessary to see to say what this species ? |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 22-08-2012 13:06
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for species, the best would be to collect the specimen... otherwise is just a guess game. |
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| Gansucha |
Posted on 22-08-2012 16:55
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Understandable, thank you, jorgemotalmeida |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-08-2012 19:03
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With genera like Gymnosoma a photo really doesn't show the subtle features that we need to make a species-level ID. Genitalia are fairly important but so is the facial and thoracic dusting and the relative length of thoracic hairs. Even with a specimen you have to manipulate them and view them under perfect lighting to obtain confidence in an identification. The same goes for Siphona spp., but for different reasons 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Gansucha |
Posted on 22-08-2012 19:17
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Thank you for explanation, ChrisR ! |
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