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Tachinidae => Actia lamia
eklans
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Posted on 21-08-2019 13:29
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Hi, found this 4 mm Tachinid (?) on 190728 in my garden (Ansbach, DE-Middle-Franconia, near old deciduous forest) and I wonder if it is a Phytomyoptera minutissima (or zonella)?
Any help is very much appreciated!

Thanks, Eric
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Hi, here's another image showing better the red frontal vitta and long intra-alars.
Possible to be Phytomyptera/Elfia?

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Looks like Actia lamia to me.

Theo
 
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Hi Theo, that's it! Thank you very much again!

Erich
 
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In these cases, when you have one very obvious feature but are otherwise lost, it might be very convenient to use www.tachinidae.eu.


Theo
 
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Hi Theo, I know the Mosch Web (tachinidae.eu) and it helped me a lot already. In this case, I was lost, and I will now try to find out why.

Thank you and greetings, Eric
 
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