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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rather long legged Tachinid (19.09.09) --> Dinera carinifrons

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 07:29

Hi!

A 6-7 mm Tachinidae from mint flowers last week near a lime quarry (northwest Germany). Can it be IDed?

More pics here:
http://insektenfo...adid=28856

Edited by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 20:29

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 07:29

Pic #2

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 07:30

Pic #3

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 07:31

Pic #4

Posted by ChrisR on 26-09-2009 08:10

Estheria perhaps?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 08:48

ChrisR wrote:
Estheria perhaps?

Thanks, Chris! I did not know that genus, yet.

Posted by Zeegers on 26-09-2009 09:07

Topcel is open, so it can't be Estheria (if from Central Europe).

Must be Dinera, most likely ferina, in which case you must have underestimated its size ?

Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 09:50

Hi, Theo!

Thanks for your reply!

Zeegers wrote:
Must be Dinera, most likely ferina, in which case you must have underestimated its size ?

On two pictures in the link I posted above you can see the size in comparison with an Eristalis female. Can't be much over 7 mm...

Posted by Andre on 26-09-2009 10:37

Eristalis tenax female :D

Posted by ChrisR on 26-09-2009 10:59

#10

Ahh, wow - it was much smaller than I guessed :(

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 16:14

#11

Hi, Chris and Andre!

ChrisR wrote:
Ahh, wow - it was much smaller than I guessed :(

Yes, it was not that large.

@Andre: I did not write tenax, because I also saw some Eristalis that day at the same place, which looked like tenax, but had rather light fore tarsi: http://insektenfo...adid=28857. So I was not 100% sure about the species.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 16:15

Posted by Jaakko on 26-09-2009 19:50

#12

Three dc --> D. carinifrons.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2009 20:29

#13

Jaakko wrote:
Three dc --> D. carinifrons.

Many thanks, Jaako!