Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae from Norway - Bothria frontosa
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| Morten A Mjelde |
Posted on 11-04-2016 21:53
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Found in pine-forest yesterday. There was quite a few of them!
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| Morten A Mjelde |
Posted on 11-04-2016 21:55
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-04-2016 07:18
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19380 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Really ? A very nice Bothria frontosa. Very early spring species, therefore little recorded. Theo |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 12-04-2016 12:44
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This one confused me because Goniini aren't supposed to have such hairy eyes. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-04-2016 13:58
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I don't follow you, John. Bothria is related to Phryno, which has very hairy eyes as well. I am not aware that Goniini should have less hairy eyes than Eryciini. If you are suggesting Bothria is closely related to Gonia: it is not. In the Gonia-clade, eyes are bare indeed. Theo |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 12-04-2016 14:38
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10697 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Zeegers wrote: I don't follow you, John. Bothria is related to Phryno, which has very hairy eyes as well. I am not aware that Goniini should have less hairy eyes than Eryciini. If you are suggesting Bothria is closely related to Gonia: it is not. In the Gonia-clade, eyes are bare indeed. Theo In North America the very long haired eyes tend to be in Eryciini. This is not a statistically justified observation; it could be biased by how common Gonia is. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-04-2016 18:08
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19380 Joined: 21.07.04 |
OK. It never occurred to me for the Palaearctic fauna. I think it is a nice illustration that we 'live on different planets' as I tend to put it. Gonia is pretty uncommon around here. Theo |
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| Morten A Mjelde |
Posted on 12-04-2016 22:12
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Thanks a lot!! I found some 7-8 such flies, and it was certainly more of them in the area. (I guess...) Rosevinge |
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