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Tachinidae, Gonia vacua from Romania
cosmln
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Posted on 18-04-2007 09:02
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Hi,

another fly from Romania.
alike T.fera (?)
maybe a identification at species level can be possible?

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Not Tachina fera - Gonia sp. - from the very wide frons Smile But I'm not sure how many species you have down in Romania so I;m not confident to give a species-level ID.
 
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Gonia vacua, I think.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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maybe this helps you for a definitive ID.
species photographed in a mainly Quercus forest, close to Timisoara (west part of Romania) at aprox 100 m altitude.

photographed in 1.april.2007

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I'm with Nikita, Gonia vacua.
Not uncommon on the Balkan.
Narrow black abdominal vitta and springtime are characteristic.


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Chris, Nikita and Theo

and thanks for the help.

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